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IN 46672. __ATHE 3200 25.10.50. - “KELLY
IN 30224 - ATHE 4821. 22, BSE
IN 36130. ATHE S150. 20. 4.51.

IN 36297 - RAN 2910.° -~so22, 4.51 ™
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‘Pt the ‘Agrarian Party to take positive. action against the Comm

WU, dated 4 October 1950; Memorandum for the Record, 9.5.52:


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QV: “claimea he began underground anti- ~Fascist activities in 49
hia and® to have worked. closely with: Dr. George M. _ DIMITROV. Ww Ce

t e left-wing of. the Agrarian. Party, known as Piadne) during | th

GWU, dated 4 October 1950; Memorandum for the Record, dated 9.5


October 1946

DIMITROV arrested by the police. He believes the reason he was not exe-

cuted was that the communists wanted to use him as a witness against

Nikola PETKOV.

104 CAGWU, dated 4 October 1950; Memorandum for the record, 9.5.51


23 July 1947

He escaped to Greece.

Memorandum for the Record, $.5.51


30 April 1950 (date of. information)

The Bulgarians at Lavrion Camp established a new. political organization

known as the ."P. D. Petkov Organization". The member, who are listed

“in the protocol (attached to the report), have deserted the Bulgarian
Agrarian Party in an effort to retain their "pure" agrarian character.
In the opinion of the Petkov Organization, the Agragrian Party has been
penetrated by the leftists. Protocol signed on 30 April 1950.

' ~° DIMITROV's name appears as a member of the Boaxd of Control.

SO 48993, 16 September 1950


* October 1950

“ The QKSTAIR Field Chief learned of DIMITROV through the local peripheral

reporting officer and contacted him covertly. DIMITROV made six agents
immediately available for infiltration operations. .

ATHE 3200 (IN 46672), 25.10. 50; Memorandum for the Record, 9. 5.51


a eee
. OCTOBER 1950

Early in October 1950, DIMITROV visited the Lavrion Camp where he met
with a number of his Bulgarian friends and advised them that he had been |
given a "charter and instructions", by certain members of the American
Embassy, to forn a committee of five members: for the planning and execu-
tion of a fight for the liberation of Bulgaria. This committee, according
to. DIMITROV, would be established in Athens and would cooperate with other
similar committees which have. already been formed in France, Germany, and

other countries. The committee would later expand to 20 members and would

- establish a so-called "Democratic Agrarian Bloc". Recruits would come from

among the members and sympathizers of the Bulgarian Democratic Party

(Moushynov) and from the Gichev Agrarians. Eligible Bulgarian emigres

would come to Greece from Western Europe. to assist in the work, and pri
. . . . . : > J o-


* minent members of the Gichev Agrarians and of the Democratic Party would

be assisted in escaping to Greece (presumably from Bulgaria) to join the
organization.
DIMITROV listed the organization's tasks as follows:

a. Intelligence activity in Bulgaria.

b. Organization of an underground resistance
movement in Bulgaria, and

c. Organization of sabotage activity against
Bulgaria.

DIMITROV revealed that he was the president of the organization.

DIMIRTOV took frequent occasion to mention that the
committee had its headquarters in the American Embassy where he has a
room assigned for his own use. He also stated that the commitee maintains
offices at 13 Patission Street, 7th floor, rooms 2-4, and there are already
working at this address sight Bulgarian-speaking Americans. He also state
that hos office has two Bulgarian typewriters and a car with US license
plates.- ‘

_ SODB 31992, 14 December 1950

23: October 1950

; provisional
EE Division requests apx/operational clearance for DIMITROV.

Memorandum for II/OS, dated 23 October 1950.


1 November 1950

DIMITROV again visited the Lavrion Camp to inform his recruitsthat they
would: short ly be moved to a pleasant hime in Athens which the Americans
‘were repainting for the purpose. On the occasion of this visit, the re-

" cruits were divided into three groups, as follows:
a. a groupd of 10 men to specialize in intelligence;
b. a group of 6 men to be trained in radio in Germany
c. a group of 15 men to specialize in sabotage.

The source of hhe information contained in the SODB 31992 described

DIMITROV as"tan unprincipaled opportunist and Greek agent".

SODB 31992, 14.12.50


During this period of time, DIMITROV was the principal agent ©
in an ill-fated operation which resulted in a major expose and
trial in Sofia during 1951. The agents used were those selec-
ted by DIMITROV, at least one of whom was #676 probably an
operative of the Bulgarian Militia and acted as the betrayer

of his colleagues.

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Anke 41e¢ (Wt ance),

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23 January 1951

Chief. of EE/1 requested that the attached Provisional Operational
Clearance be approved for Dimitri A. DIMITROV be approved. He is:
to be used as a contract agent in Greece for political, psychological,
and guerrilla warfare operations under Project QKSTAIR. |

In view of the fact that recuritment of Bulgarian

agents who areg scheduled shortly to begin covert training must be
accomplished through Mr. DIMITROV, his clearance is needed immediately.

Memorandum for EAD, dated 23 January 1951.

: 25 January 1951

Sk

Frank G. WISNER, ADPC, approved. a Provisional Operational Clearamce for

- a period of ninety days subject to renewal if the full clearance has not

been granted.

Memorandum for EE/1, dated 25 January 1951


3 March 1951

DIMITROV signed a memorandum certifying that he had received three hundred
.dollars from Lawrence F. MacBRIDE, literary agent, representing a sum
paid for a complete and unabridged option on the use and possible publica-
“ tion -of three books written by me and brought to Mr. MacBRIDE, in Greek |
translation, by [ ] who acted in this instance purely informally and
as a friend. The option is effective as of this date for a period of ¢
six calendar months. .

Memorandum dated 3 March 1951 {attachment to SGAA 24772, n.d. not in

file]


13 March 1951
Operational Clearance issued to permit the use of DIMITROV's services

- as. ''a contractual agent in Greece engaged in political, psychological,

and guerrilla warfare operations under project QKSTAIR.

Memorandum for Chief, EE/1, dated 13 March 1951


22 March 1951

QKSTAIR reported that it was considering breaking off association with

DIMITROV because he had become too unpopular and dictatorial and self-
important. There were also indications of serious misappropriation of

funds (NB: This charge was later proven false - see document)

ATHE 4821 (IN 30224), 22 March 1951


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| A brit 1951

Discussions held between ADAMSON and HAND of CIA and Colonels COVERDALE, ,

and CARLAN, Mr. TOD, and Captain VILLEMETTE of G-2. Points (given below)

the Army wants covered in a cable to OSO in Panama.
a. Fort Clayton hospital detention war considered best possibility.

b. Has this been discussed with G-2 USACARIB? If so, does it meet
their approval? Can it be worked without advising Provost Marshal,
Washington? (so leave in G-2 channels).

c. AC of S G-2 Washington concurred in principle with proposal of
assastance to CIA in this matter.

d. As soon as operational details ‘worked out with USACARIB, cable ad-
vising generally that can be effected forwarded by G-2 USACARIB to ACos Ss
G-2 (personal for BOLLING). Details will come back through CIA.

e. Identification of KELLY (DIMITROV) case.

£. Detention period maximum of one year, relieve Army sooner if CAS


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_/facility available.
° ge Transportation under escort via MATS to military base Panama proposed.
NB (included at bottom of page): ADAMSON reworked cable and rewd draft

“to HAND, CARLAN, TOD, and VILLEMETTE who approved. HAND took draft in

- * order to have OSO get it out today.

_. Note dated 8 April 1951.


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12 April 1951

. DIMITROV told (his handler - CIA) that he was to tell FLORIMOND by 13

April whether he would work with him. DIMITROV asked for instructions.

He was told that hés answer was to be a definte and final no. He was

not to see the French again.

Memorandum, dated 18 April 1951.


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13,:14, and 17 April 1951

DIMITROV saw FLORIMOND on Friday (13th), Saturday (14th) and on Tuesday

(17th). On the latter day he also saw a certain French assistant mili- -

+

tary attache named PIRAY.

Memorandum, 18 April 1951


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"18 April 1951 (date of memorandum)

Athens Station describes reasons for distrusting DIMITROV (see document) ©

19 April 1951

| According to Yani KOLOMONOS , DIMITROV's friend, stated that the. latter

‘ agreed to meet PIRAY at the French Embassy between 11 and 12 o'clock

on Thursday, 19 April. At this meeting DIMITROV will (1) give the
French detailed accounts of all United States operations of which he is
aware, with special emphasis on Radio Gorianin, and (2) receive for this
information the sum of 10 to 15 million drachmae.

KOLOMONOS suggests that this effort of the French might be/communist

inspired attempt to penetrate United States intelligence activities.

Memorandum dated 18 April 1951


Circa 21 April 1951

' - Discussions concerning disposal of DIMITROV since he had full -knowledge

‘ of names of next infiltration teams and general know ledge of operations.

“WASH 38789 (OUT 97616), 21 April 1951


43 May 1951 (dt of memorandum)

“W. G. WYMAN, ADSO, informs ADPC of a report from a fairly reliable source,
from.an informant who knows DIMITROV from having worked with him, but who
may be somewhat biased:

See document.

Memorandum for ADPC, dated 3 May 1951


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neo Asner enemnenentel stforte, to romyttie TOLY in "Dranil
was temporarily removed fron holding area |to Byres. Greece.
A commituent was made to the Greek authorities ‘that <\ 0: wuld
aot abandon him ta Greece and would take steps te have bin “
resettied in one year. Efforts vero uade to effect: KELLY's
aigration to Canada, Hew Zealand, Australia, “anc ' Stecrbena | bat
te no avail. After due consideration by the authoritice

various tions with U.5. gavernuest ageccies. the
years he hag vritten le eo te the Birector, tary
of State, Sra, V: Preaident e s °
A of this was his letter to the
Vice President ir. Bizon's anti-~

State that KELLY was trying to interest them ia purchasing
a feature leagth file script.
7. The last £ Athens on EELLY

a coment Pong-Ford prebably vaa identical with Subject of 201-045145.
the Staticn evidently has ne record of his gseudo or his
early association with us.

8. A final sote, concerning his aarriage to the Greek wanan
montioned in reference, way be of interest considering the evestu
which gonerated the latest inquiry fron the field. At one tine

by both
convenience. He claimed that be and hia forner wife agreed to
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plans worked eut, he asd his former wife had
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Dimitrios DIMITROF |

ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES

ACTION: FYI and Direct Traces

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1, Subject is Dimitrios poe iurtRor sia “General Dico DIMITROV;
DPOB: 24 May 3924 ss Bulgaria; Citimenskip: © Unknown; Occupations.
‘Weevte Film producer; Address; ‘Ac/o Marjorie DARE, 360 West 22nd" Street
New York,. New_York; Miscellanéous: Claims to have ‘worked for WOFIRM.”

a 2. Subject came to Station attention as a result of a press _
marital investigation which was being conducted by LNEASE on -
Kalliopi Stylianou GERALEXIS, aka "Poppy", Mrs. Dimitrios DIMITROF,
born 18 August 1941 in Athens, Greece who was married to Subject in’
a civil ceremony in Italy on 4 July 1962, The marriage was not
recognized by Greek law, Under separate cover is a copy of the
LNEASE memo which outlines Subject's allegations regarding
collaboration with WOFIRM,

3, The marital investigation turned up the following traces
from the Liaison Section of the American Embassy in Madrid, Spain:

"This office has information on a Diko DIMITROFF, who may be

{05S REFERENCE TO $/¢c A? T'D BX

identical with Subjeet's (GERALEXIS') former husband, A source
of unknown reliability reported in 1965 that Diko DIMITROFF had
connections with the Bulgarian Intelligence Service and with a
dissident group in Bulgaria, DIMITROFF represents himseif as a
film producer",

4, The only remotely identifiable traces at Athens Station
are on a Dimitri DIMITROV aka Dimitur Adamov DIMITROV, DOB circa
1920, who was a member of the Bulgarian Agrarian Party and a student
who fled to Greece in 1946, (Source: PGA~4769 of 8 March 1950,
file 33-5-2), He was‘in contact with the A,D, at that time and.
reported that he had an order to go to Washington for a time, “The
above is carded info only with a caption: "French I,8,".

5, Subject also has travelled to Italy, France, England, and
Switzerland in connection with the movie industry, but we defer to
Headquarters regarding possible notification of other field stations
until after they have conducted traces, In the meantime we have
informed LNEASE/Athens that Subject hag no connection with WOFIRM

Att: LNEASE Memo; USC Distribution: sTeCh ef, NE; Att USC

1ncni 3s, EUR; "Att, “usc

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10 May 1967

MEMORANDUM TO: Chief, Office of Security

| ATTENTION: Mr. James Thompson, PSD
‘4 SUBJECT: General Dico DIMITROV
REFERENCE: “Memo of 13 March, same topic

1. General DIMITROV called the undersigned on 30 March to
say hello and request a meeting. We met for dinner at the Astoria
Restaurant at 8 p.m., 31 March. -

2. During the course of the evening, Dico said he had seen
ny boss. When I asked whom he meant, he replied, Dick Helms, He
said he had know: Helms for years and further that he had seen.
him that Thursday in order to find out his position on the new
organization the General was in which was holding its first rally:
.the next evening in New York. (This organization has something
to do with rabid anti-communism and support for the U.S. in the
Vietnam war.) The General said Helms’ position was one of go
ahead; he had no strong feelings supporting or condemning such —

a group.

3. Dico made further loud comments about sw support for the
CO war. Our waitress overheard and mentioned that she was leaving

, the next morning for Saigon to entertain troops and to find out

| what the war was really about. Dico made a small scene about how:
; ., wonderful this was, etc.

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‘i . 4 The General is the most rabid anti-communist I thve ever |
met. For him there can be no compromise between them and the
_ Free world; they must all be destroyed. After continuing on in
this vein for some time, he finally quit. Also, he stated at the —
_ . beginning of the evening that he did not drink and then proceeded
. to have a combination of drinks fairly fast. He did not appear
‘ drunk, but with each drink he got louder and louder. .The other
diners paid little attention, however, due. to music and other
covering noises.


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5. i have not seen the: ‘General eince that ‘evening. My
mother saw him one time (3 April) just after his raturn to. _
New York, but has not seen him since. She still contends. that
she never mentioned where I worked and says he must have put ~~
two and two together. Any suidence you can. provide on this.
matter would be. | appreciated.

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: as General Dimitrov, called your Olfice secking an interview.
” During the afternecon of the same date two representatives of my | ;
| Ofdice intenviewed the Subject i bie betel rooms in Washington I B.C. ;

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"2. Om 30 Marek 1967 thy

” 3. ‘The Subject stated that he was born in Bulgaria, ia

‘currently stateless and bas applied for United States citizenship.
' He related a detailed account of his former activities as a

Bulgarian Freedom Fightsr; claimed that he cooperated witha ©.
United States military missica in Bulgaria in the 1940's and
streased the fact thas his only goais in life are the elimination

' o£ the world-wide monace of Communiarm and the liberation of

Bulgaria. He claims to have cecperated ia the past with the
United States Information Agency and Radio Free Europe and

| te have offered his services aad those of his ireedom fighters
te former Presidents. Troman, Eisenhower and Kennedy.

4. ‘The Subject claimed to have viaited your Office ia

-’ April 1962 as a result of a referral from the White House. He
advised that he ls currently a Vice-President of the Antl-Commu-

nist International and wosks closely with former United States _-
Representative Hamilton Fish from New York who is ons of the prin-
cipal spoasors of this organization. Dimitrov is currently staying
in New York City and advised that he came to Washington to can-

_ ‘gr&tulate you on your appolniment as Director of Central Intelli-

gence; to advise you that he is attempting te form a World Tribunal “


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‘to counteract the anti-American fealing which Betrand Russell

is spreading throughout the British Isles and Europe; and to seek.

_ “ae October 1950 threugh March 1951, the Subject was

$50,000 from CIA to enable him te start production in Greece and
Spain on a movie concerning the history of Greek mythology. The |
Subject claimed that, ence he had succesaiully completed this -

. ‘film, he would be given world recogaitioa and could then de what Lo

ha feels is his real. geal in life, + namely * te Proce @ films depicting
the evils of Communion: ” .

sa review of Agency les discloses that, during the

- utilized by OPC in Athens; Greece and provided 21 agents for

infiltration inte Bulgaria. In early 1951, various operational

and administrative difficulties began to manifest themselves

and it waa decided that the Subject shouid be removed from his |
position. In April 1951 it came to OPC's attention that Subject
intended te gell his knowledge of CLA's activities to the French
Intelligence Service. Because of operational security considerations
stemming from his duplicity and perscnal make-up, it was deemed .
inadvisable to leave the Subject at large in Greece and it wag

‘decided that he should be transferred to the CLA holding facility

at Fort Clayton, Panama- He remained there uniil Jaqwary 1954.

6. In May 1983,, a cla. cass = officer * was dispatched from “

Headquarters to Fort Clayton where he interrogated the Subject...

It was determined at that time that whatever operational knowledge
the Subject had of Ga, its methods, personnel and 4 operations 4

| were obsolete...

7. On oF about k2 ‘Jamaary 1954,. white atill at t Fort

Clayton, the Subject signed a Certificate of Understanding and

was temporarily removed te Greece due to the termination of
the holding facility and the fact that there were no ivamediate


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possibilities to resettle him. : CLA made a comunitmant to the
_ Greek authorities that it would not abandon the Subject in Greeca_
_and would take steps to remove him from.Greek soil within one
year. Efforts were made te effect the Subject’s migration te.
>) Canada, New Zealand, Austealia and elsewhere, but to no avail.
| After due consideration by interested Headquarters olements aad
.,- the: Athens Station,. it was decided that the most affective solution.
: > for the Subjects disposal would be to let him immigrate to the,
Ss United States on his own under the Refugee Relief Act program,

~ haa come to our P attention on the following ‘occasions: . 2 .

a ‘On 14 May 1957, the Departmant of State:
' informed CIA that the Subject had contacted
“1 thedes Office. and tried to interest them in.
. pugechasing a featare length filma seript ©
—_ and aoked if a representative of CIA would _ oe
_.: [tke to mest the Subject and discuss the ee
_, Serlpte. The offer was tarned down. ot

“On 28 June. 1968, ‘the Subject attempted to .
“" serange @ mesting with the then Vice~ ns
_. President Richard M. Nixon. A member

of Mr. Nixon's staff turned the matter
” over to My. F. J. Sheridan, Contzet -
” | Division, Offices of Operations. Mr.

' Sheridan interviewed the Subject at Set
length, acting on behalf of Mr. Nixon's
staff, with no CLA connection.. Nao | .
' commitments.were made to the Sabject. :


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- On 29 September 1961, the Subject called |
. the Office of the DCI requesting an appeinte.
*.” ment... The matter was referred to Mz... ©
Sheridan wha advised My. Hill of the DCI.
Proteetive Staff to tell the Subject that his
story was 2. matter. of record and that there

- conesrning the ‘Sabject's past ‘activities, @ representative of my
‘Office called the Subject at his hotel In Washington, D.C., and =
advised him that the resuits of hia interview of 30 March had been
passed to appropriate Agency officals and that if any interest ‘es

‘« Howard J. Osborn

/BULLOCK:ar :
3 April 1967

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_ “Anti-Communist Intertiational

“USA, OFFICE: 2188 BROADWAY - NEW YORK
sO OX 7-5895

The A. C. I. is starting V.V. (VICTORY FOR VIETNAM)

RALLIES
“SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1967, 7:00 PB. M. at 4 W. 43rd St.
ON

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CLUB will be the’ first rally
. with these important main speakers. ;

Adm. Joseph J. Clark (U. S. N. Ret. 7
ilton Fish

ers Org. :
erty Rights Assn. -
General Dico Dimitroff

- Edward Rorer, lots for Freedom .
Jason Friedman, Director Jewish Section of the
. . c I. . .

. : Make reservations either by phone, OX. 7-5895 or by
mail, P.O. Box 1095, N. x. 10017.

. ‘Bring your “friends. ‘Be there to help the fighting
. ¢, boys in Vietnam and the Vietnamese People. Help

-. the President of the U.S.A. and his Military Leaders.
“o>. in Vietnam to win the war in the battlefield, which

.° will produce the VICTORY PEACE. TALKS.» .

“Mail adress:
P, O..Box 1095 =
New York, N. ¥. 10017 ye

Dr. Wan. GLASKOW, Chrmn.
ALR. K.JERIC, Treasurer

| 8. KRAWEC, Pubilsh. Dept.
Haviy SCHIEBER, Gen‘l, Sec.

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RECEPTION 10 WELCOME His Excellency BUI DIEM

. South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Bases, | een
‘at. the Park Sheraton liotel in New York City.” - nos

- Te all friends’ of. ‘the ANTI -COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL. and a perti~
n cipating guests. and organizations: oe

This important event was success ful,

“Messages of greeting “and support arrived ‘from U. S. Senators: _
Thomas J. Dedd, J.W. Fulbright, Joseph Tydings, H.A. Williams Jr.,. ——
7 Peter H. Dominick, Edward W. Brooke, Russell B. Long and James B. -
“Pearson; ‘Congressmen: Daniel J. Flood, Herman IT. Schneebeli, John J. -:
. Rhodes, Robert. J. Corbett, Joseph Pv. Addabbo,. Charles E. Bennett, Wil- |
- Liam. Le Dickinson, Porter Hardy Jr., Joe Pool, William S. Meiliiard |

and James B. Utt; "Governors: John H. Chafee, Claude R. Kirk, Winthrop .

. Rockefeller, Dan Moore, George Romney, Richard J. Hughes and Lieut... -°
Governor Maicoim. Wilson; President of the Concil of the City of New —
York Frank D, O'Connor; Presidents of the N.Y.C. Boroughs of Manhattan, ©
‘Bronx and Queens Percy E.-Sutton, tlerman Badillo and Mario J. Cariello;

“glee from the Permanent: Missions’ to the U. N. of Malta. and New Zealand,

A large. number. of ‘representatives of civic, patriotic and anti-”
communist. organizations were there. :

we The Honorable Nami 1ton Fish, a congressman ‘of 40 years, who ori-
ginated the House Committee: on Un-American Activities was chairman of

. th t.
a ° even These people spoke on behalf. of their organizations: -

- Edward Rorer for American Patriots ror Freedom;

Arnold McCullogh for Peter Fechter Brigade;
Lee S. Sterling. forAmerican Property” Rights Agsocrrtiens~
-Maxwell-Mirler for GIP (Community Housing Improvement Program,

—<"="Twan Lugo of Local 6 of the Hotel* and Club Employees’ Union;

. @™General Dico Dimitroff of the Bulgarian polotical exiles; |

Dr. Nakashidze of Columbia University, Captive Nations Co

__ veo HED: Argentina; —

‘Thomas Veteska, Rone Tel SeCTeRT UTNE UETOTO of. Slovak Comba tants;

. Cathryn Dorney of the American Education association; — .-

Captain Janes Jones, recently returned from long. service io Vietnam, ;

‘Tn the name, ot thie “Anti-Communist International ‘spoke:
Dre wm, Glaskow ("soviet Russia is fighting the Vietnam war by proxy") |:
“ASR. KeJeri¢ ("Communism in practice is a one-man-monona lveawnar ching.

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Ip Honored In ring So Membesip Oo |

tet PREAMBLE OF. THE ORDER OF LAFAYETTE sae od
. For God and Country, we pledge our Ir support:

To maintain mutual understanding and cooperation -
7.) between the United States and France, and to uphold and
7 defend the. ideals ‘of JUSTICE, FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY _—
and PEACE, for which we > fought, & os
‘To. Unite the destinies of both ‘Republics i in defense of. as
free world realizing ‘that any weakening of our traditional .
. friendship would help World Communism and jeopardize _
-. the survival of Free Nations.

IVE LA. FRANCE — GOD BLESS AMERICA -

President-General

“March 10, 1967.

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dnesday, August 4, 19635
lie -Andrews Signed
or Hitcheock Film

‘EW YORK — Alfred Hitchcock
signed Julie Andrews to star. op-

ite Panl Newman in his forthcom- y
to bef

spy tale, “Torn Curtain,”
ased hy Universal Pictures. Mis
trews will report to the direct#i
n completion of her role, fin
wail.” A

Torn Curtain” will be Hitchg
4 picture and his first unge
cntly — signed
iy Universal.
tuction Oct. 1, with exterior see
‘noes ta be filmed on foreign loca-
ceucad the intedors shut -at “Unit ~
al City Studios.

arz .

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pictures for theatrical and tele-
an outside - the United States and
nda. .
‘atz has_ been affitiated with Hy-'
1 since 1954 with the formation of
nan’s Associated Artists Produc: _
s which later became United Art-

Associated. He subsequently
el as director of foreign opera-
s for United Artists Associated ~
United Artists Television.

iG Pact

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* COMICS” vag we

rece, |

sel ves:

The fee formnula sets seven base :

“ories against which payments are
© computed. For. an: actor who .
ced one day in a picture, the base --

100; two days, $150; three days, ©

|; four days, $250; five days or
week, $300;-more than one week -
not more than two weeks,: $400;
: than two weeks, $500. ;
or the: first TV release of a “lm,”
rns will receive 30
base, When the producer's gross -
res $125,000, players will receive
ditional 124% Pes cent; at $200,- ~
an additional 25 per cent; at’
COO, an additional 22% per cent;’
400,000, an additional 22% per
at $500,000, an additional’ 20_
cent; for each $100,000 above |

000, an: additional 10 per cent. |."

‘hen a film is released on a major
ork in prime time, players. are
vtend cA_I0 per cent of the —

mt.”

erson Acquires F ‘our

LL LYWOOD-—Joseph G. Emer-
president of Emerson Entertain-
Enterprises, announced _yester-
the acquisition of four features
Jobal scope for U.S. release. ©
m Against the Sun” is a ‘World -
IL story shot in Technicolor in
lia. “Make Like a Thief” is a-
story In’ Technicolor Simed | in
nd starring = Richard . Long. |
:e Swords for Rome” was filmed __
ly, and “Saturday Night in Apple
y,” stars Mimi Hines, Paul -Ford
iE, Arquette. -

'. "to be. filmed in Greece skedded to start in the Spring of 1966 and

“and messed by Leslie Martinson. . . «

ex Cent. of --

_- special, and Jinimy Starbuck, chorgographer on many.

Motion Picrure DaiLy

_ with PINKY HERMAN

* Livesets Friday with Diko Dimitroff ‘and enjoying the exubernnt
presentation of his plans to produce-direct a $20,000,000 film saga,
-“The Loves of the Greek Gods,” based on Greek mythology reminded

this reporter of the time many years ago when a Boston exhibitor named
' Joseph E: Levine (whom we met through a mutual friend,, WORL

Deejay Norm Prescott) revealed his ideas of “how to produce and exploit

. motion pictures” with the result that the following week we printed im :
this p!Har a paragraph in which we predicted Levine would “make mo-
tion picture history by sheer showmansbin.”. After te months in-Cotham, = --

finalizing’ pre-production plans, Diko leaves Thursday for his office in
Madrid where he'll set in motion his ambitious production on this epct

_ featuring 30. international stars... .

: we ww *.

© z00m film “fects, one of the many features. of the Pack & Jing}
» MPO-preduced “Newport” cigarets commershill for Lennen Ji

all of which added up to copping top mixed technique class hofiors

New
at the Cannes Intemational Film Festival, were achieved by Eastern Effects,
Inc., New York—based film opticals and effects frm which used the’ new
EMELL Camera. Prexy Maurice Levy of Eastern Effects has also personally _
developed several camera techniques as well as improved optical benches in

the past decade. . . . Formerly with Paramount and Universal on the west
_ coast and more recently director of press information and for ABC-
’ TV's News Division, Frank Little has joined McFadden, Strauss, Eddy &&

Irwin as account executive... . Young man in a hurry is "Michael Stanwood, .

“8 ‘graduate of the. University ‘of Pennsylvania in 1964, who's’ already starred. .

"in three Broadway productions, ‘just been signed to a Universal-TV contract
* and will debut in the “Kiss Me As You Go” seg of that studio’s “Run for .
. Your Life” series, starring Ben Gazzara, Barry Sullivan ‘and Brenda Scott

a oo a
“Tyeille Ball, “Wwho’ will be CBSeen as Steve Lawrence's first guest

when his program preems Monday, Sept. 13 (10-11 P.M., EDT) sat .

beside Steve in the howda of Wanda, the pink elephant, when the
. pachyderm strode through Shubert’s Alley last Wednesday to highlight
“the program’s introduction to N’Yawkers. The many luminaries
including Rudy Vallee; Johnny Carson, Vaughn. Monroe, who've been |
enjoying the Chinese cuisine featured at co-owner Ging Tom’s Six Hap-

-:piness may or may not be aware of the fact that the gracious Ging is —

‘'the fifth generation of the famous family or restauranteurs. . . . Hollis
TV CBScience-fiction series, “Lost In Space,” in the current issue of
Woman's Day Magazine. Miss Alpert believes this one could last longer -
_ than “I Love Lucy,” which is quite a prediction. .. . Freemantle Inter-.
‘riational’s “Romper. Room,” created and produced live 13 years ago by

’ Bert. & Nancy Claster in Baltimore, is now seen in Canada, Mexico, -

. Brazil, Japan, The Philippines, Great Britain and in six markets. in

“Australia.
tek ot:

Lee Savage, winner of: the 1963 Guggenheim Fellowship and well known

" ereative artist, and Harold Friedman, former veepee and exec producer at:

. Elektra Films, have formed a new TV production firm, Savage-Friedman,
Ine. . J. Ex-Newspaperman (“Cleveland. News”) and formerly ger. mgr. of -

. WJW-TV, Ben Wickham resigned his post with TV Information Office and —

as of next Monday joins MGM-TV as a general sales exec headquartering in
. Gotham. . . . Last CBSaturday afternoon we liked the novel TV’er, profiling
I'l ole N’Yawk and especially enjoyed the ditty, “New York’s a Great Place
to Be,” cleffed by Joan Bender and Bob Hughes. . . . Official Films has pur-
chased an as. yet unpublished novel entitled, “Manhattan House” by David
Rintels, which will be developed into a full hour dramatic teleseries to be
produced by Robert Blces. This marks Blees’ fourth package, the other three
trendy skedded for launching by Official next season are a dramatic-musical
: by. Herbert Baker, a half-hour comedy series, “Of We Go” by Bob Kaufman
and Bill Fox, and “Meet the Mooszs” by Henry Garsson and Edmund Beloin.
. ABC Films will shoot a pilot fora new music series, featurmg “The Song

Spinners” ‘and tentatively slated for a 10 P.M. slot Saturdays over WABC-TV
“with additional showings on a syndication basis. Program will be co-directed |

by Hal Tolchin; who recently directed the “Swinging World of Sammy Davis”

h TVers-in--
cluding “Your Show: of Shows,” “Carol Burnett Sha
ucer. will be Stanley S Greene,

Alpert has written‘an interesting story on the coming 20th Century- Fox —

others. Exec pro- .

TELEVISION TODAY

Berle Adams te Direct

Broadcasting Awards -

NEW YORK — Berle Adams, v
president of MCA, Inc., has accep’
the post of general chairman: of |
965-68 International Broadcast

ards, necording to James
president of Hol
dvertising Club, sponsor of |

More than. 1,000 ‘broadcasting. |
ecutives from ail: over the: world;
- expected. to -attend the judging
: radio and television commerci:
which will be held this year at t
Palladium Mach 3. 7
is now in its sixth year. -

AGN TAL

MIAMI—Henry Oxell, chief bark
“of the local Variety Club, Tent: 3
already is signing up members for t
. Variety Club International conventh
in London next April, and so far b
. 34 reservations for the Miami-Lisbo
“London Aight, . .

BOSTON—The 17th annual Jimn
“Fund drive, to raise money for t!
‘Children’s Research Foundation, w.
launched recently, according to Thon

“as A. Yawkey, president of the fom

dation. At the same time, one |
’ the most unusual tieins ever made wi

"scheduled in connection with * tl
Whee: Baieast “Ab ltine”

vice pits

: dent Edwin W. Breed and Jima

Fund executive director William |
Koster have completed arrangemen
whereby the airline will supply ai
craft during the month of Augu
in Boston, Portland, Me., New Hex

’ ford, Mass., and Manchester; N.H. fc

a one-hour sightseeing trip witho
charge to persons contributing $5 «

‘more to the Jimmy Fund. -

Northeast pilots and. stewardess:

“have volunteered their services for 2
‘scKeduled flights from Cape Cod. |

the White Mountains, into Main
Vermont and other scenic New Ent
land areas. A celebrity will: acoon
pany each flight. Baseball's Ted Wi

. Hams will be on the first flight.

; ete Admissions ~

Declined During May
- Fram THE DAILY: Burras——
LONDON -- A drop in cinema ad

_ missions in the United Kingdom {

May this year produced the - lowe:
figure on record since the Board c
Trade has. compiled weekly averag
admission figures. The figure was

weekly average of 5.5 million durin
May~ae fall of 700,000 on the 6.
million average weekly admissions i
May 1964. - :

- Takings, however, were equal at
weekly average of £1.03 million. Th

: fall in admissions in May, compare

with the previous month, followe
the seasonal pattern with a. ‘drop. o
two million on the weekly average
Takings in April average: &l. 38 mil
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ment to back it, the Zarzucla Thentre :

on Jovellanos, 4, has rounded up a
brillant group of actors, singers and .
directors and has come back with some -
. Feally exciting revivals.

AWC members ond their Dusbands: :

can call Jo Pitta 2500345;
Nos 2535-60-79;
’ tlekets.

Cherry Na-

Cocktails At The Ross’, The Ross A.
Ross’ red carpet was well and truly
rolled out this last week for visiting |
and handsome son Dean taking leave
from the U.S S. SpringHeid and looking
up old friends in his one-time stomp.
ing ground.

Among those welcoming Dean mtn”

cocktall party given by Mary-Alice and
Ross last Thursday at thelr Generult--
simo apartment were Stewart Bavter
of American Express; Major Ben
Clark and his wife Alma; writer Alfred |

Brown and his wife Adriana; José Ma. -

ria: Garriza, head of the Afra Travel
Agency;
wife Nina;
American stage nnd screen actor Ben
Tatar; Air Force Contractor Jesse.
Greene; Ken Crosby of Merrill Lynch.
- whose wife Cricket was not present -
but was, according to Ken, «helping |
Larry Bell's wife Jeanne have her-
baby.» (It was a boy!!: Mariano Biltz. |

’ General Motors Distributor and his -

wife; Corinne Jordy, ex Madrid class-

fer; Tony Blomfield, just returned
from the U.S. and minus his wife.
Harriette, who had a touch of La:
Grippe, The Blomflelds left later to
join thelr yacht In Alicante; Col. John
Ferry and his wife Carmen; Franz
Kreli of Casa’ Americana and his
attractive daughter Olivia; Oliver Trit
ton, who is with the Banco Espafol de -

Crédito, Banesto; and Nick Fogarty of -
- Blackle, whose father Jim Blackle js --

the maintenance company Tumpane,

The Moment Of Truth. Christine

Harding, daughter of the British Vice —

Consul in Madrid, might well look
pleased (candles don’t count at 161) as
she cuts a birthday ¢ cake dedicated to

or Jane Cabanyen for

Major Mike Payne and his .
Anni and Dale Brannon: .

«Man of the Year» El Cordobés.

. were,
_ whose

NEW BRITISH PRESS ATTACHE — Grosting the Britlth Ambeveder SIR GEORGE LAROUCHIRE, - ve:
heft, at thelr party given fn Madetd's internstionsl Prope Civb are Me, KEITH, the. new’ Prove.
- Attoghé a the Gritioh Emvory, and his wits, Berry. ,

SE aie fee
TBE

- eunistine HARDING, British ViceConeui's davgh
. PILLIPA ‘SAMUEL, ANN and ANTHONY BLACK!
mate of Dean's; Aracell and Ed Kreiv

enke of course represented the sull-
ring, complete with foro, matador and
swords, Giving her a helping hand
“among others. Clive Bruton

father is with the British
Institute; Philllpa Samuel, daughter
of San Samuel, Minister at the British
Embassy; and Ann and Anthony.
the Australian Consul General in
Madrid.

_Pprevinuas ones —
_ countries, ma

SAY, ‘you saw im IN Guipel

“big all the way is Dika Dimitroffh

.

Pare ewe

pertains (loft to right}
recent birthday party.

' aGreck Gods» To Roll In June. Go

Bulgarian-born ‘poet, screen- writer,
director and producer, who flashed -
into our office .this week with plans
to make the biggest movie of all time.
Slightly built,
softly spoken head of Diko Produc-.

tions Inc, went on to tell us more _

about his 15-year-old dream. The Loves
of the Greek Gods, which he plans
to film in Spain and Greece. Interiors

are to be done In Madrid with the -—

use of the Bronston equipment. All

' exteriors will be shot in Greece invoiv-

ing the use of Mount Olympus and
. my _cantinned,

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salle.
about

*

other authentic sites. The producer
went on to explain, af plan to bring all
the ‘Gods’ together to minke this
movie» He named such box office

‘draws’ as Victor Mature to play the.

role of Zeus; Kirk Dougias as Adonis;
Tony Curtis as Apollo; Peter Ustinov
as Dionysus; and Jean Simmons as
Athenn. According to the producer,

there are many candidates for the role |

of Aphrodite (Venus? but as yet she

has not been named. «I’m using the .

largest ensl ever.» Dimitroff told us,
unt Olympla alone there will be 30,000

extras and there are 65 starring roles.n .
A 4-hour-long epic, the cost of making .
it is estimated at twenty million dol-.

lars and shooting is expected to take
sods willing!

costa dol, 4

: angressen In Winter.
llke Birds, tend to come J
winter, Our sunny Coast —six average
hours of sunshine a day from

spain ae

_hoisted outside

a full year, starting in June. ~Greek ys
a cussed at the Paris congress.°

4

Cogi A rene, .

November to April-- is hecoming thetr

favorite winter ground, sa much so —

that a huge congress hall is now
planned.
Following the fashion to pick sunny

climes for winter work, the executive

committee of the International Union
of Architects have just spent six days
at Hotel Pez Espada, [txing the agenda
for their big annual congress in July,
The summer congress, of course, will
te held up north, in Paris. Flags werd
Miilagn Airport and
the hotel for each of the 22 nation:
and sicklen

for the Moscow

alities attending, inclhiding the «ham.

interpreter sent slong by the local
tourist office withered under the cross-

fire of languages, so an urgent call went
: Out fo Fuenglrola for Lana, wife of ex-
_Soviet painter, Sacha Lioutikoff, who
“speaks five Janguages: including Rus-

sian.
“Delegates took a day off for some

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~ sunshine and an extensive. tour of the
They mostly agrecd Uhat. theo .
Const has some fine buildings, but
‘> sadly lacks a master plan. The Rus-
-sinn,
“particularly impressed by Marbelia‘’s

Coast.

Guerngul Orlov, said he was -

Ciudad Residencinl, the State holiday ..
resort .for workers. Local. Spanish —
reporters enger for an interview inund 7
the Russian rather untalkative, though

he did confess he. liked Flamenco. The a.

delegates rounded ‘off the busy week
with a dinner eala in the hotel, and
left, Saturday. .

Gfbralfare Castle - ‘A Tourist Center? -
The ruined ninthcentury caste
Gibralfaro, the pinecovered hill over--

- Jooking Malaga, is prohahly going to
* be urbanized as an tourist center. It

has been suggested that xn redttortum,

with rooms for gatherings Hke tnterna- oe
‘tonal congresses, be built within the

castle walis, The Idea was put to Ma-
laga’s Mayor, Sr. Rafacl Retes, by the
Under Secretary of Tourism, Sr. Gar-

ela Rodriguez-Acosta, during ‘his: short

visit: here Iast week. He said Gibrat-
faro’s beautiful position and views
should be utilized more. The Mayor
later tock a bird's cye. view of the site
from the helicopter of the visiting

--American fag ship, USS Saringliel.

Gibralfaro is a great favorite with.

' everyone, Tourists climb it te explore.

the castle, gasp at the breathtaking -
views of the town and harbor and eat

at the State restaurant bulit just below .. | |
‘the castle walls. The hill alse over-

looks the hbullring and. hundreds of.

malagueros climb tt ta take a free _

peek.at. corridas,

Winter Coursp For Forelguers. Below’ we
. Gibralfaro’s battlements, Just a spear's

throw away, lies the comparntively-
new Casa de Cultura where,'on Friday.

last week, the Mayor opened the lath .
Winter Course for Foreigners. More .-.
-than 100 students have come from

many countries for this extensive twn-

’ month course in Spanish Innguage and |
__ culture,

which happens to coincide
with Malaga’s equally famous Winter
Sports Festival. Students are lodged
with local families and most days. at- -
tend Iectures by university. professors, —
go on excursions and take part in nll
sorts of social and culturnt events..
Tied in with this year’s course is a
three-week exhibition of paintings
by five well-known southern artists
with strong local connexions. They are
Alberka, Barbadilin, Brinkmann, Her
tindeg and Prelnade. Gabrict Alber
kn, a0, lives in Torremolines and has.

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THE

"_ NEWSPAPER
uw 2 OF

Theatre Take Larger

for 1963 accompanied by a rise in earnings from the theatre division,

To High Court Again

Waskirpton Bovcas of THE FILM DAILY

Washington — The Supreme
Court yesterday set the long-
awaited second argument of the
Nico Jacobellis case for next week.
The second arguments will be heard
just before a book obscenity case,
and the decision of the highest
court to listen again may presage a
more sweeping decision on obscen-
ity in motion pictures than has
been handed down in previous
cases. : :

Cleveland Heights theatre man-
ager Jacobellis was convicted under

(Continued on Page 4)

Jimmy Grainger Heads
Sales for AllStar

West Coast Bureaw of THE FILM DAILY

Hollywood — J. R. “Jimmy”
Grainger, industry veteran who
formerly headed RKO Radio Pic-
tures, is back in action with the
formation here of AllStar Films,
a new distribution - production

_ company.

Grainger, one-time Fox and
(Continued on Page 4)

‘promotion

disclosed yesterday. The AB-PT
overall income was $386,729,000
for the year compared to $379,-
741,000 in 1962.

Theatre earnings, not usually re-
vealed, were $76,209,000 for 1963
compared to $75,956,000 in 1962.
Merchandise sales were $29,948,000

(Continued on Poge 2)

‘Greatest’ Campaign

Focus on Pictorial -

Except for the picture itself the

photography in George Stevens'
“The Greatest Story Ever Told”
will constitute .._.
“the single °
greatest selling .
tool,” according
to United Art-
ists plans.

Gabe Sum- |
ner, UA nation-
al director of. |
advertis-
ing, publicity
and exploita.
tion, said yes.
terday ‘‘The
Greatest Story”

STEVENS
Promises to be “the most exten-
(Continued on Page 4)

British Box Office Attendance Stronger

london — Both, filt, bor office receipts and attendance for Januar
1964, were up over Janvary, 3942, statistics of the Board of Trade

reveal.

Weekly average theatre take in Jan-ary, 1964, was £1.24 million com-.
pared to £1.08 million. Weekly attenounce for January, 1964 was 7.9

million compared to 7.6 million j in the s “ne month last year. (The pend -

is ot $2.82).

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Le ~ INTERNATIONAL . |

"MOTION PICTURES -
Established May 8, 1918

pape enemies oa Tee mee ames eee ett —

_Exhibs Wink First ©

Round in Calif.;

“STV Plans Moves 7

American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres showed Ge income.

_ By WILIAM ORNSTEDN
West Coast Editor of THE FILM DAILY _
Hollywood ~—— Sui :

TV lost the first round of a
four-round bout in the Cali-

fornia arena with the Crusade for

Free TV. The initial round dropped
to theatre owners was dismissal by .
US. District Court Judge i

C. Mathis of the $17,541,506 anti. -

trust and conspiracy suit filed last —
Dec. 17 against the Crusade and 20 |

. defendants, including theatre com-

(Continved on Page 5)

7 Naify Fills lls Skouras

Spot in Magna Pix
Marshall Naify, president: - of.
United Artists Theatre Circuit
and of United California Theatres,
has been elected president of

, . Magna Pictures Corp. Naify fills

the vacancy in Magna created by
the death of George P. Skouras.

Another vacancy caused by
Skouras’ dezth, the presidency of
Todd-AO, has been filled by Salah.
Hassanein, United Art:s‘s Thea- --
tre Circuit Executive Vice-Presi- ;
dent. ~

Naify said that Magna, whieh.
produced “Oklahoma!” and “South
Pacific” would step up its picture

5mm for regular release.

Greek Gods’ to Roll in “65

At $20 Million Budget

Diky Prod., Inc. a new Ameri-
can-Greek company with head-.
quarters in Athens, plans to pro-
duce “The Loves of the Greek
Gods” in Greece and in the Bron-

ston Studios in Madrid at “a cost ys

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[FFPA Moves for

Free Filta Flow

In Seven Nations
Madrid—aA united attack on some

of the barriers that prevent a free
flow of motion pictures in seven

nations will be launched by the.

International Federation of Film

Producers Associations, Ralph Het-.

zel, president of the association and
acting president of the Motion Pic-
ture Association of America, said
here before returning to New York.
(Continved on Page 5)

Mandel Heads Film
Division of UJA Drive

Harry Mandel, president of
-RKO Theatres, will serve as
chairman of the Motion ‘Picture
and Amuse-
ment Division F=->
of the’ United F
Jewish Appeal
of Greater New

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; important for
_ bur industry,”
Mandel = de-
_clared “to give
additional sup-
port to UJA in f
order that we
‘may help ease
the problems of
those in need.”

MANDEL

Nationwide UJA goal appeal

is $105,000,000.

Museum of Modern Art

May Pass Up NY Festival

The Museum of Modern Art may
not participate in the New York
Film Festival this year, a Museum
spokesman acknowledged yesterday.
He said the question of participa-
tion was yet to be decided by the

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. Bara! iveaind .

AlBb=-PT Income Iises:
Theatre Take Larger

American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres showed. Ge ‘income
for 1963 accompanied by a rise in earnings from the theatre division,

Jacobellis Case Up _
To High Court Again

Washirgton Bereaa of THE FILM DAILY

Washington — The Supreme
Court yesterday set the long-
awaited second argument of the
Nico Jacobellis case for next week.
The second arguments will be heard
just before a book obacenity case,

-and the decision of the highest

court to listen again may presage a
more sweeping decision on obscen-
ity in motion pictures than has
been handed down in previous
cases. , a

Cleveland Heights’ theatre man-
ager Jacobellis was convicted under

(Continved on Page 4) .

Jimmy Grainger Heads
Sales for AllStar

West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY
Hollywood J “Jimmy”
Grainger, industry veteran who
formerly headed RKO Radio Pic-
tures, is back in action with the
formation here of AllStar Films,

.a new distribution - production
_ company.

Grainger, one-time Fox and
(Continued on Page 4)

- to United Art-

‘advertis-

disclosed yesterday.. The AB-PT . -

overall income was $386,729,000

. for the year compared to $379,-

741,000 in 1962. °

’ Theatre earnings, not usually re-
vealed, were $76,209,000 for 1963
compared to $75,956,000 in 1962.

Merchandise sales were $29,918,000 _°

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Fo Pictorial
ocus on Pictorial .
Except for the picture itself the
photography in George Stevens’
“The Greatest Story Ever Told”
will constitute ~ ..
“the single :
greatest selling .
tool,” according |,

ists plans. . /
Gabe Sum-.

ner, UA nation-

al director’ of ©

ing, publicity
and exploita- §
tion, said yes-
terday ‘“‘The
Greatest Story” ™
promotion

_ STEVENS
promises to be “the most exten-
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British Box Office Attendance Stronger

London — Both film bor office receipts and attendance for Januanf
1964, were up over January, 3943. statistics of the Board of Trade

reveal. -

Weekly average theatre take in Janvary, 1964, wos £1.24 million com-
pored to £1.08 million. Weekly attenaunce for January, 1964 was 7.9

million compared to 76 million i in the s "ne month last year. (the pegnd -

is at $2. 82).

Exhibs Win F First

Round in Colif.;

__S TV Plans Move

“By WILLIAM ORNSTEI
West Coast Editor of THE FU
Iywood — Subs
TV lest. the first rou
four-round bout in t)
fornia arena with the Cr
Free TV. The initial roun

: to theatre owners was dis

U.S. District Court Judge
C. Mathig of the $317,541

' | trust and conspiracy suit

‘Greatest’ Campaign |

Dee, 17 against the Crusa:
‘defendants, including the:
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‘Nalfy Fills Skou

Spol in Magna
Marshall Naify, presi
United Artists Theatre

- and of United California 1

has been: elected presi
Magna Pictures Corp. N
the vacancy in Magna cn
the death of George P. Sk

Another vacancy cau
Skouras' death, the presi
Todd-AO, has been filled |

. Hassanein, United Art:s*

tre Circuit Executive Vic
dent. —

' Naify said that. Magn
produced “Oklahoma!” an
Pacific” would step up its

production in both in Di

Greek Gods’ to Roll

At $20 Million Buc

Dikou Prod., Inc, a new
can-Greek company witl
quarters in Athens, plans

‘duce “The Loves of the

Gods” in Greece and in th
ston Studios in Madrid at
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"Beeker’ Grosses Tops

In First Five Engagaments

Hal Wallis’ “Becket” shapes up
as one of the top roadshow films
of recent years ‘on the basis of
its first’ five engagements in the
U.S. and Canada, according to
Paramount.

In its second week, at Loew’s
State here, “Becket” scored $30,-
070 in six performances. Others
_inclute $16,959, seven shows,
Warner Beverly,- Los. Angeles;
$11,849, six performances, Chi-

cago Cinestage; $12,370, seven per- ©

formances, Eglinton, Toronto.

Brandt to West Coast
For “‘Weckend’ Confabs

Bingo Brandt, vice president of
Brandt Theatres, leaves today for
the West Coast for promotion con-':
ferences with Emanuel Barling,
distributor of “Weekend” which
opens at the renovated Globe
Theatre here at the end of April
Brandt will also discuss picture
possibilities for Lotte Tarp, who
is featured in “Weekend.”

‘AB-PT. In ome Risess: |
Theatre Take Larger .:

{Continued from Page 1)

‘compared with $75,965 ,000 in 1962,

The AB-PT operating earnings
for 1963 were $7,358,000 or $1.65 a

share compared to $10,757,000 or

$2.41 a share in 1962.

Goldenson explained the paradox
of lower operating earnings when
the record income ‘exceeded that of
1962 as reflecting 1962-1963 tele-
vision business and the cost of cov-
ering President Kennedy's assas-

' sination. He anticipated progressive

improvement during 1964, better
than 1963.

He noted, too, an improvement in
theatre business despite a slow
start in 1963. AH-PT, he said, con-
tinued its policy of disposing mar-
ginal theatres and attempting to
replace them with modern units in
growing suburban areas. The come

. pany, he revealed, dropped 14 thea-

treg during 1963-and opened three
new ones. Theatres are under con-

struction in Charlotte, N.C. and .

Sunnyland, Fia., and a third is on
the drawing board.

Levy Signs Sandy Oliver

-To Compose for ‘Fanny’

Wrest Coast Burcaw of THE FILM DAILY

Holly wood—Robert Levy, pres-
ident of Pebble Productions, has
signed noted song writer and
dramatist Sandy Oliver to write
an original song for the company's
color featurette, “A Comedy Tale
of Fanny Hill”, which begins roll-
ing at Producers Studio in April,
starring Judy Cannon. Working
title for the tune is “The Song
of Fanny Hill”.

Levy has also set Cy Roth as

production manager for the film -

which is aimed for July 4 nation-
wide release.

Batschelet Succeeds

Sweeten as Denver Mgr.
Denver, Colo.—Ralph J. Batsch-

elet, manager of the Mayan Thea-

tre and member of the cabinet of
Fox Inter-Mountain Theatres, has

- been named managing director of

the Denver Theatre, according to
Ray W. Davis, area supervisor for
the Fox organization, and John

O. Denman, Denver district man- 5

ager.

Sweeten, promoted to national ga-
vertising director for Naty
General Corp. in Beverly #fi
Calif,, the parent company’

Peter Lorre Dead
West Coast Burcau of THE FILM DAILY

Hollywood — Pefer Lorre died
here yesterday... He would have

‘been 60 in June. The Hungarian-

born actor was known @p film
audiences for his characteSroles
in a score of motion pictures, qy

recently in a series with Ank®
can International.

i — a

_Nat. General.. 9

“20th-Fox .

Batschelet succeeds Robert < is

ois.

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of $20 million.” .
Diko Dimitroff, head of the new

company, has set next January for.

start of filming. Financing has
been obtained from a Wall Street
firm, the National Organization
to Assist Small Business.
Shooting on the four-hour wide-
screen production is expected to
take a full year. All exteriors
will be done in Greece and will

involve the use of Mount Olympus¥

itself. ° “, ES

350 35. 35 wee. ;

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Tuesday, March 24

COMING AND &€

, MAX A. COHEN, head of Cinew
ond MRS. COHEN returned yester
Europe.

M, J. FRANKOVICH, Columbia ¢ F
head, returned to the coost t fron
Paris and Rome.

BERNARD J. GATES, “Allied Ad
notions! v.p., has feturned fom.
Europecn trip. : :

JOSEPH E, LEVINE, ‘Embassy Pict
ident, to Bestan on business, H
tomorrow.

MO ROTHMAN, Columbia Inti
executive v.p., returned from Bue
following the compomy's Latin Ame
vention in Uruguay.

- LOU FORMATO, MGM asistan
soles monoger, to Seattle end Pos

. feturns Friday.

WILLIAM 3. DEVANEY, GM
division sales monager in Seon:
heading for Portland, Ore. |
| FRED HYNES, Todd-AO vice-pre
the coast, hes teturned there fr:

SHELDON SMERLING, heed of &
ferprises, returned to the caast
fortnight here on his theatre inter:

* inclodo Eastern Management hous

SAMUEL YAYLOR, who will +

'. sereenploy for “Three on a Couc!
“\Ieving Pincus production for ¢
thuddling in Hollywoad. .

RUTH POLOGE, American ink
eastern publicity director, te Chiec

Producer LAWRENCE TURMAN

' turned te. the coast after UA tol
| lease of “The Best Man,” -

‘DIRK BOGARDE ond SARAH |

[turned to London; ditto JOSEPH LC

directed: “The Servant,” in which
- BETTE DAVIS is here from the ec

PETER GLENVIRLE, director of H
“Becket,” hos returned to Lon
N, Y. for tomorrow's premiera at

*. Theatre.

- Yesterday’ Rolls Bi

In New York and t
Joseph E. Levine's “Ye:

‘Today and Tomorrow,” kc

the biggest grossing film

-Manhattan's. East Side, ac
“to Embassy, which repo:
. expected. first week's ¢:
- $59,000 at the Festival and

East. :

In Los Angeles, the film
$15,304 in first three days
x Wilshire, Embassy ri

‘Seyant’ Breaks 30.

at Little Ca:
dau’s “The §
broke the*0-year record
Little Carncfie with a fir
gross of $20,402, the comp
Ports.

“Word’ Here Today
y Given Word,”

release, has its U.

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THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR POLICE COORDINATION Bae

- Activities of Dimiter Adomov Dinitrov in Greece ;

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1 . The following ‘information concerning the ‘activities of:
Subject. ‘in ‘Greece was recently received from the field. It is .
| brought to-your attention fer your. information, end. for such °
}eoments as you may be able to make. . : ne

7 - Aecording te a fairly reliable informant, "Subject, :
“aMegelty acting on instructions from members of the American :
.. Embassy at Athens, has lately become very active among Bulgarian
'. refugees. in Greece, Early in October 1950, Subject. visited. the
 Lavrion Camp where ‘he met with a uumber of his Bulgarian friends
| end advised them that he bad been given a “charter and instruc
'. - tions," by certain members of the American. Enbasey to form a.
_ committee of five members for the planning and execution of a
thet for the liberation of Bulgaria. . This committee, according 4
. .to Subject, would be: established in Athens and would cooperate .-
‘with other similar committees which have already been formed: in °
- France, Germany and other countries. The committee would later.
expand to 20 members and would establish a so-called | "Democratic ;
Agrarian Bloc." oo Tes, fs

- 0 3. ° Subject: is: further . reported to have stated ‘thet recruits
“would come from among 'the members and sympathizers of the -
Bulgarian Democratic Party (Moushynov) and from the Gichev |
-. Agrarians, The members of the Leftist Agrarian Party (G.M. Dinttrey
- or "Pladne" group) and right-wing elements would: be excluded. 2):
. Eligtble Bulgarian emigres would come. to Greece from Western
Europe. to assist in the work, and_prominent Be eeetee of the” Gichev -
Agrarians ee es da He assis

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a 5° “Subject also revealed that the nenbers ‘of the committee
at present were: himself as president; Ivan Mitev Hristonov, ws
secretary;. Ivan Donev Ivanov; Dimiter Donev Ivanov; and, a fitth - - oe
member whose name. was: ‘mot supplied by BOUrce. bee

a 6: Ta ‘addressing the group at Lavrion, Subject took.
: frequent. occasion to. mention that the committee has. ite head=
quarters‘in the America shassywhere he has £ RAs “
for his own use, . He also stated that the cammittee maintains.
ces a Patission Street, 7th Floor, rooms 24, and he -
stated that: eight Bulgarien-speaking Americans are already work. _
- ing at this sddress.. Possibly in an effort to impress his .. -
-, Listeners,. Subject. commented that his office had two Bulgarian
typewriters and a car with U. 8. -A. license plates. an

7 “Following his address to the group at Levrion, Subject
-. and Ivan Mitev Hristonov, secretary of the so-called committee, —
- prepared a list.of prospective members of the orgenization based:
-. on their screening of the refugees at Lavrion on the hasis of
| birthplace, education, military training, and similer factors, -.
:,; the list having been prepared for subrission to the American Ss

- Babesey for. approval, secording to Subject. ao ;

_ 7 On’ 1 ‘November 1950, Subject again. visited the lavrion
., Camp to inform his recruits that they would shortly be moved to
.- a pleasant. home in Athens which the Americans were repainting —
- Lor. the purpose. - On the occasion of this visit, the recruits |
J: were. divided into ‘three groups, as follows: ae

A group of 10 men to specialize in Intelligence, P
ye a group of 6 men~to- be-trained: in radio in : Cormany
Ge A group of 15 men to specialize in. sebotage. — on ;
. 9.> Om or about 10 November 1950, the following six members

of Group "A" moved to Athens: Peter Zlatev, Krustyu Kiryanov,. .

‘Iven Hristonov, Ivan Gogov, Todor Djadiev, and one » whose name. is -
. unknown, The others were to follow shortly. . ee

10. “ Aecording to our source, “the radio | group ‘comprises.
‘Ivan Iskrov, Boris Popov, Georgi Nikolov, and others, while the |
Sabotage group includes Serafin Vangeloy Kouyoumdjiev, Nikola . oe

Manev, Todor Nikolov Todorov, } nd others,
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_ cite facts to support this accusation. Our source also described
Subject as an unprincipled opportunist and Greek agent. Accord- —

_ing to our'source, Subject had previously worked for the Greeks :
and was in contact, with the British ast spring.

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Limiter - Adamov. Dini trov was. born on-7 Vay ‘eh in ‘the: <iage or
Uedkovets, district .of Lom, Bulgaria, His father was a farmer. His ~~... |

| orimary education was completed in Lom. He finished his high sehool 9-95 2

training in 19)1-19])2 in Sofia, and studied: philology £ for one- > your Fat fate

o Sofia. Univereity. (1942-2943). ares

“In i9he he. Joined: a secret branch of the Dalgerian ‘ational. | Agrarian:
‘Union. In 19k3, he claims to-hava begun underground activities, due to -
parsecution by "Fascists". On 2 Septenber 191), he emerged from hiding:
- to begin work with various Agrarian ledders. After the sventa of.
9 Septenver 19h, however, he again went into ding and. began activities
- aimed against : Communists.” :

os ‘On 28: ‘October hls. he sllegedly: was accused we the. geverment of
|: sabotage because he had agitated azvainst the Russian occupation troops.
During the ensuing. months, he was arrested several times in ‘Pardinand,
‘Vratea, and Lom...When released from prison, he continued his illegal.
activities... “Rig organizational activities often lead him acruas the |
Yugoslav: frontier. . Allegedly he worked in Vardar Hacedonia in. order -
_ te orvanize ‘Salgarian syazpathizers for the Agrarian Party cause. In”
‘April and Vay-19)5, Dimitrov was in Sofia. At one point ke orncured .
_an illegal identity card add. under the name "Boris Stoikev, a member . oa wr
_of the and ! Belgrade Shock. Brigade", he toured southwestern Yagoolavias op. ne:

Yugoslav authorities and ‘sent back to Bulgaria. Daring the elections =. | |
'. of 18 Hovember 1915 he spoke at secret meetings in Yeates, urging the. Lia
people to: defeat the Conmuniats. . wee os ae a ets

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subversive groups all over Bulgaria and sentenced on four counts. Sn.

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Court, On 8 July he eseaped from the authorities, and on 23 duly 97 oe
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- SUBEET = : a Operational ¢ Clearance for Distt Adamo. Dimitrov»

Len tt is requested thet. the necessary. dAnvestigetion be
initiated for the issuance of anx operational ¢ ‘clearance for.
‘Dinttrd Adamov: Dimitrov. a

2 . ay | Subject: wil be used in peyohologioal’ and political
- warfare cperations in Greece in connection with project QKSTATE
 < Clearance ‘should permit occasional trips to such. countries: as
Healy. France, Germany, Switzerland, and ‘Englands | :

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usefulness. would be severely restricted, if not.eliminated, if .
_o.) . -dt-should- become: Imown in Bulgarian. enizre circles that. ‘the ee: Se

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a “he Becauae of his backgroud and experience subject can maka
a ~- significant. contributions to QKSTAIR operations in Greece. ;
. | 4s needed’ as soon as possible to participate in operations which’. ~,

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as "Diko"; seem3a to be the most active Bulgarian now in Greece.P.

_"...¢ome a Ligure of importance in Bulgarian emigre. circles..
Lo, report on him. sal divided into the following sections:

National Agrarian Union. In 1943, he @

work with the Mushanov, Guit chev, Moraviev
" hiding and ‘began activities aimed against:

finished. his “nth school training in ‘W9k-19h2 dn

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. CONFIDENTIAL, - ATR POUCH : we 1 mf
Spee ty - 7 Enclosuresi. BD ri AOTLOM af
ATHENS, 5H tae 13, 1950 TECO/OAIO. _ ote
PERIPHERAL: ACTIVITIES OF DIMITER wer gay Pim our _

: _ BULGARIAN REFUGEE PRESENTLY um GREECE.’ os al

- Dimiter, ‘Adamov- Dimitrov, a young Bulgarian refuges} known Ey | ; a

His youth, emergy.and capabilities indicate that he might be- ae

a eye ” Biogre aphy - _ ” = oS Dns
Re. ® ‘Present activities ees
@e.. Employment :
Publications — -
-G@o. The "Demecratis. Bloe™
. - Memorial services for,
_ Bikola Petkov— na

studied philology for one year at Sofia University “tsi Sshs) 7
‘In 1942 Diko: Joined a secret: branch of | :

derground activities, due to pers
claims to have worked closely with(Dr,
the time. (This claim is partially
written to Diko by Dr. G. Me. ‘Dimitrey i

On September 2, 19h, Dike emerged fren piding | te begia ; 7 |
the events of ‘September 9, 1944, however, he again went inte -

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“1945,
Dr. G. M. Dimitrov; Nikola Petkov and Mara Raicheva, After Diko.

’ asked. American and. English officers" “there | to nel. him m Bet to.
: Bari. He aid. BOG receive such help. -

Peter’ Belgashk

-'.' travelled throughout Bulgaria, organizing "secret posts."
_. Allegedly: he organized 250 of these throughout Bulgaria..
the elections of November 18, 1945.
‘in Vratsa, urging the people "$0. defeat. the Communista

. electric torture machine which caused temporary blindness. ©.

' believes that he was not executed because the Communists wished _

"corm, qUDENTTAL AG ©

"ment of sabotage. because he had agitated against the Rus

~ ~  Stoikov, a member.of the 2nd Belgrade Shock Brigade,” he toured © .-
- '. southwestern: Yugoslavia, . "erganizing Agrarian poate
: Diko was captured. by: the Tugosiav: authorities. ewe

. of Greek Macedonia," Diko was sent back to hilgaria. He escaped -

‘
a

Oa October. 28. 19hb, he allegedly was “accused byt the m gover a .
sian oo

eccupation troops. During the ensuing. months he. was arrested Se
‘several times in Ferdinand, Vratsa.and Lom.- When released. from rn
prison, he. continued his illegal | activities, which seem to have.
consisted in’ ‘sravelling from village to village, organizing .
loose-knit . ‘groups. of Agrarians to withstand Communist | ‘pressures. i

’ Diko'’s ‘organisational activities often lead him across the
Yugeslav frontier... ‘Allegedly | he worked in Vardar Macedonia in.”
order to.organize Bulgarian sympathizers for the causes of Dr.
G. M.- aren: and Upon | the advice of a certain General
Kit chharov. aeis he

In April” ‘and. “May, Dike. wag in sofia, 4 ‘in contact: with”

learned that GeMe had left Bulgaria, he went to Skoplje and”

: Dike. procured. an. Allegal identity card and. as: "Boris

9. Bventually,

‘Upon the ‘suggestion ‘of ™Gosho, the leader of, the , partisans

during this transfer- and, although he was ill, he went to. Sofia - ;
where, he says, he was helped. by a number of people, in eluding. |
i, an American Colonel named "Bekeles,* an: -
Ancrican Sergeant named 1 "Bucky 5" General Greig = and rae, Minnie -
Balabanova. ne

‘When he. had ‘pecovered his. health, ‘Dike left Satta end

he spoke at. secret ieotings aos

_ On August 16, 1946, he was captured by the police - in sofia.
He claims to have "been kept eighteen days without bread and -
twelve days without water, and to have spent four days on an.

(His "indeseribable tortures" are all described in detail in. Se .
book *fhe Liberation of Bulgaria.” See enclesure No. 1.) Dike oe

to hold him as a a witness in | Preparation. for the trial of Hikela Sapo
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the Sofia Military Court. Also, he states, he was. tried and |

co he worked. loading rock, On July & he escaped from the quarry
. and went to Mesdra..'In Mesdra he contacted the. post which he.

2, “Aetivities

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‘the Vratsa court for "having organized subversive groups. all -
'. the presiding "Sudge was a certain Pencho Spasoy. Diko was.
_ to 3 years imprisonment. He. was jailed and put in. nsolteery

' . He went to Zvereva and. then to Sofia. While in Sofia he asked .
' for and received. ‘some help both from the British and frem the —
Americans, He claims that on one oceasion he slept in the Sofia

“Mr, Horner was. living in his summer hone at Simeonove.) - “Dike: a
7 clains also. ta. shave: ‘stayed with Michael Shipkov. ce eS

oe ‘Distograds. He gave himself up the next day at Shahin.

ao Salonika , and they. made arrangements for Dike to be admitted _ -
“> to the British: hospital in Xanthi. After eighteen days in. =
“.. the hospital there he was transferred to the British hespital
“ 4m Salonika. After a month and a half in Salonika he was sent™
-". to Athens. | ‘Greek. authorities sent him to the refugee. camp at

; section 2, belows,

Fron. October 4B to November 1, 1946, Diko 1 was tried in -

over Bulgaria." The chief prosecutor was a man named Chernev, .
sentenced on four counta: to death, to 15 years, to 6 years and”
confinement. =~. oe
On June. 2, -19k7, he was tried and sentenced to ‘death: by
sentenced to death by. the court at Lom. a a
In June; 1947, Diko was taken to a query in in. Vratea 1 where” .

had established there, and received help in travelling further.
house of Jack Horner, of the American Legation. (At this. time.

On July: 23, 19k? he crossed she Greek frontier south of re

" British authorities. in Sofia had notified the British ia”

Lavrion.. Dike spent nine months in Lavriag then went te Lee
where he obtained employment broadcasting in Bulgarian on- Radio-
Athens. His: ioe activities, in Greece: are discussed in.

- Dike speaks Bulgarian, Serbian, Russian, 2 some Greek and
a very Little Baglish. . ee

a. Employment. Diko works for Radio Athens.-: He breadeasts |
every Sunday evening i im Bulgarian... He receives 30,000. drachmae -
per broadcast. (60,000 if his text is alse used in'a Greek =
language broadcast} Unfortumately, however, it costs him twenty.
to thirty thousand drachmae to have his text translated inte - ~,
Greek for the benefit of the Greek censor. | Additional } OXPERSSS »

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- v present ‘writing an eight part work on Bulgaria to be entitled

“have been published in Greece. They are enclosures.No. 1 and =
Ho, 2 to this despatch. Part 7 (enclosure No. 3) is being pub ss
- lished by the Greek General Staff and is-at the printers at the = |. .

i courzp ans C | mS Cc Cm ams 500 — ne

Dike has refused to accept. this offer to date,. because of. his:

: primary
“ Bloe.® Should he find it impossible to acquire: funds necessary
.. for bis continued activities in Greece, however: | he. + Plans te
_. g0 to London, with. BBC. Loy Q. oes

such as those. for renting a typewriter and local - pransporta-
tion costs, give him a net return from this work of about sero.
‘draehmae.. In: addition to his money pay, hewever, theGreek |

. Government. provides him with quarters in a runedown hotel in | oe ae
New Phaleron and it pays him 2800 drachmae per day subsistence. | a
(Generally, a refugee is not entitled to. subsistence money. it~
he has any employment. whatosever. ) a

Dike also. writes articles for various Athens newspapers . .
(sea enclesure No. 6) and has received money: for them... Other.
literary activities: are. described. in section 2. bo, below.

A-Mr. ‘Humphries, ‘technical adviser of the BBC at Radio”. -
Athens, allegedly has offered Diko a job with BBC in Lendon. .

interest. in organising refugees into a "Democratic |

Be Publications, ‘Diko is.a prolific author | and: is at
“Under: the Waip . of Stalin.” _ The - ‘eight parts. of. the book are:

7 . ‘The Liberation ef: Bulgaria —

es ..,In. the Hands of the Militia”

'. °(3) 'Sustice and Communism...

-. {h). Prisons and Campa - a

- (5) Agrarians and Communism

>> (6) Workers and Communigsm ~ |

mcs ‘Army and Communism
- Chureh and Communism |

‘Dike. has already written -parts_1,. _§ and. 2 Parts: 1 ‘and 5

. present time. Diko received about 3,000,000 drachmae for each mk ; : - f. ..

| published "for the Greek audience." He realizes that they will a aie

part of his book which has been published; he expects to earn
about the same ‘amount for Part 75 and for Subsequent. Partse

Diko states that. he has written the ‘books. ‘which have been ea

not meet approval in the West, largely because they are too.
emotional. Also, he has omitted from the Greek versions of .

his book certain anti-Monarchist sentiments which he did not an
express "for political reasons." Dike has re-written the first F
two parts of his book “for the American audience”. and is very.

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a anxious to. have. them published in the United States. Enclosures. |
Ho. 4 and. Noe 3 are the Greek texts. of these revised pertians. wl

a "Agrarians
almost. entirely Snoeratte” Bulgarian’ refugees in the camp at Lavrion.

_ print and distribute his program, and to provide, other: conerete. .
procfs of. his: growing: strength. oe os mar

‘was formed in Lavrion on April 30, 1950... (See CAS report: E=3295,
vities of t

rouse and fifty-four interested supporters. He claims that. he.

‘Diko refers: to himself often as "the new Kravchenke = better
than Kravchenko." . The Peripheral Reporting Unit asked Mrs. Mary. oe
Johnston, former ‘Press Attache at the United States Legation in |
Sofia, to read the Greek text of Diko’s books and check on this —
boast. (Diko’s books are available only in Greek at the present.
time.) Mrs. Johnston stated that "Diko is certainly no worse >...
than Kravchenko."....Mrs. Johnston believes that: Diko is an- inte
resting. and graphic author and that -- if he could abstain from...
frequent use of Balkan epithets -- his work might merit publica=
tion in English. Mrs. Johnston selected a short passage from ©.’:”
and Gommunism". as being typical of his better writing.
Enclosure Nes. 6; "Incident in. Vulchedram, " is a translation £.

h- ve
| Mag forge ating

o oF pad ae engaged in trying to. ; x
“His present efforts are. directed |

Diko was made a member of the "P.-D. Petkov" organization which. -

September 16, 1950.):.He has taken over and expanded the acti
his group, and now considers. himself. its leader. .

Diko clains- ‘that. he’ has twelve "hard core”. menbers | in. ‘his
will have ninety: supporters as soon as he can find the funds te

"Dike. appears. to. be an excellent ‘organizer.’ “He , keope -
up-to=date lists of all the Bulgarians in the camp at Lawrion, : Toa
The Bulgarians are listed. according to Diko's estimate of their
political . position. Thus there is a group called Supporters, _

there is one called Potenbial Supporters, there is a group of en

‘seems to have a good idea of what he has done and

received outside help in this matter.

larly, and to bring with him cigarettes:-and food which he dis

"hard core" Gemetoists, a list oF Pqationalista, ese. Diko. coe
also files all of his ideas and correspondence na i - co vee
3 -

Diko makes it a point. to visit the camp at -Lavrion. regu=

tributes among new arrivals. Allegedly, he tells these new. ne
arrivals that the presents are given to them because they are
Bulgarians, not as a bribe to join his political group. "Im =
actual fact, however,” Dike admits, "this is a very successful §-
way of getting people to Support us.” Dike claims that he pays pa SS
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. pears democratic: and idealistic.

Committee and to Dr. G. M. Dimitrov. Dike states that, although .
- that Dr. Dimitrov: is guilty of those: same totalitarian. and ter=

many of his files, ‘including those on his correspondence with

_ group of Tonchofenev and Vakrel (The four Bulgarians

program.
' Diko seems. to suspect that Teney might > ate “Monarchist” =

CONFIL mae" |

' in the "Constitution of the Bulgarian National Agrarian Union,"
eared copy of this poslication | with hin. Presumably ao Copy: is ;

SamHmIS 588
' The basic program of Diko's Democratic Bloc. is to be found
as published in Sofia in 1922. Diko carries an old and dog=

available in. Washington. _

In addition to these basic tenets, Diko’s” group. has evolved _ -
a supplementary, program... The points of this supplementary pro= of
gram are listed on enclosure No. 8. in general, Diko!s. Program ap- wo fe

Diko's group 4s opposed. unalt erably to. the Bulgerian | National
he worked with-Dr. Dimitrov for many years, he has come to. realize. J

rorist leftist practices of which the Communists are guilty. oh Pes
Diko states that: the final break with Dre Dimitrov came over the :
following ineident: oles ; -.

Dre. Ge Me ‘Dimitror knew that Diko had orga-

‘ nized many. secret posts throughout Bulgaria -
sand, after Diko escaped from Bulgaria, Dre. :

. Dimitrov. asked Diko to nam the posts.° ~~
'- Diko. thought it wise not to write down the ~~

: /Rames of the. persons in charge of the posts," :
- “and was. also suspicious of this. request. i”
. . When Dr. Dimitrov did not receive the infor= .
" mation-he wanted, he became very angry and =
a "showed, his true: "eotalitarian hand. Me

~ (Dike: has made ‘gvailable to the Peripheral. Reporting Unt ee

Dr. Dimitroy. It appears that he does know GeMe and that GeMe
at one time thought well of Diko. —-For-instance,-in-a letter 9 > [*
dated October 31,-1947, Dr. Dimitrow spoke of. Diko as 2 Where® fe
and in a letter dated: january 2, 1948, Dr. Dimitrow stated...
that he had 8 Diko. some clething and shaving equipment.) _ .
-X5UK, ZO\~ bee ey
At the pregent time, Diko 4 collaborating with the Paris a

in Lavrion who state at they Supported Toncho Tenev == see : ed ee
Athens despatch 380, September. 1, 1940 -=- seem to be Dike’s-

mea now.) Diko makes it very clear, almost illogically and .
stubboraly clear, that he will continue to work with Toncho —
Teney only so Long as Teney does not change his present

or "Genetoist™ tendencies. —

SY Diko corrésponda with Toncho Teney. oi z ar apey and anke}! reDeae? o i
and Zhet.cho Donev_in France, with Grosiu at a(Lt. ¢ ae
Alexan yin ay *with Panayot x dnayetey, | Venesuela,. ene

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| and a few. town: officials. -

- eluded. a mags, ahd.a speech by Dike. Diko claims that.his..

. himgelf. Following the service, Diko laid a wreath at the tows .
a Presa monument. and. the group repaired to a tavern : for ‘re.
= reshments. : ; Sopot gi he

_ dneconsiderable.. Dike states that he paid about half of it him-.

one refugee group as Against another. } _

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'- threws some. Vigne ¢ on the activities of the Toner r ehigae and
' the: Barer ‘brothers. _ :

- church service. -. (Pictures of the occasion see encicsure. Hos. 10,

among | the » refugees...

‘sorreoberated by a Gemetoist who visited the

da. Memorial Services for. Nikola Petkov. On ‘Saturday, es
September 23, da memorial service in: qivrion, ee
commemorating ‘the. intra anniversary of the hanging of Nikola =i
Petkov.  Diko stated that about sighty refugees cama to: his:

indicate that. about sixty were present.) e majority of the
people in attendance were Bulgarians, but there were also a few | Ce
refugees of other nationalities, a Gresk priest 3 and eee os

The monorial ‘service ‘lasted for. more ‘than an : hour ‘and in |
speech was so. moving that all of the refugees. cried, dneluding Me

“The cost. of the ‘memorial service, indicated below was. not -

self, and that the other. halt. was for from a collections...

* cost. OF MOOMORTAL. SERVICE

oe 1. Wreath Te “400,000 ‘arechnes
20. Priest’... So coe iatstt) ee
. Bo. Wine. - 40,000
bbe. Ceremonial wheat—and-suger_ - 200,000.
~"§,. Candles’ - -100,000 .

_S» -Food and arink at tavera - 320,000

‘Ie is: dateresting to note. that no Gemetoiats ‘took part: in
or attended the memorial service. This was claimed by by Dike, a baal _ :

Esbassy ly
October to complain about the “high-handed audacity. of Diko. in
pretending to speak for Democracy.” (Note: The Peripheral .
Reporting Unit had been. invited to attend the Mewerial . Service -
but did mot do so since it did not wish to Sppear te sponser

36 Comments . re So as
Dike is a ‘pleasant, hard work young man ‘ef average ° a Aaa

intelligence. He shows a politician's giibnesa which is Sire | RE

ordinary in a man of his age. He can talk for hours about a

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~ - eDemoeracy,,”’* Sour program," ete., without. acvadlly paying -
; anything , yet. ‘creat ing the. impression that he is all-knowing.

“As an. ‘example of Diko's awareness of. the politician’s
role, it might be-mentioned that. he now wears a well cut.suit.
- of the finest materials, a pair of exeellent imported shoes, -

‘” a silk: shirt and a. silk. "ties Diko is buying these on credit,

-- at 150,000 drachmae ($10) per month. He claims that a good |
i appearanee is .mecessary if he is to inspire the confidence and
cooperation of. ‘the refugees. among whom he is. working. — _

“Dike as a: rugged: individualist and it would seen that. his :
individualism is his greatest enemy at present.. He is intole= ~—
-.. Pant and suspieious.of others, and is the type of person who
-; -' would prefer to lead his om small group to suicide than to.
.- ) Lollew as. a Private: ia a | Larger army whose. aims were not exact y\.
. his OWR«.. : :

me There is” a. very great deal of the charlaten ¢ ‘about “Biko.” Jos
CAS spoke with him on two oceasions, and then discarded him-as ©
a ®phony.” The Peripheral Reperting Unit believes, however, ..
. that, notwithstanding. his superficiality and the. exaggerations - on
to which he is prone, Dike has such an intuitive grasp of the .
_ Yadiments of political deportment and showmanship, and he is”.
"-. go devoted to his self-appointed task of organizing his. *Demo=..
, cratic. Bloe," ‘that: ‘he > might becone. an. important Bulgarian Figare.

Robert Be Memminger . _
First + Secretary. of Ebner °

~ "10 Enelesures:: oe
(listed on page a)

a Copies to:
(ess, enclosures 1, 2, 13s hy 5, 6, “and 10)
. Paris (PR) .
Rome (PR)
Vienna (PR)
Istanbul (ra)
- Frankfort (FR)
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_ ENCLOSURES

. I. * ob a anchevepurat cig Bovkyap tag” (Part L- Greek’ vermin
. 1 copy only. . Unclassified.) a

Be * PAypéteg xat: xoppovy Lopbc” (Part EE Greek version. 2 ‘copy
a — onlye. Unclassified.)

3. " Ol *P&oor éxevdepuréc” (Part 7. Greek version. a ‘copy ‘ony. oo
; Unclassified.) : a

| 4 7 eps Doar Sroendc™ (Rare 1s Revleed tant. 2 comr
os only. Unclassified. om oo .

“os Be tA potes wat: ‘Koppovy. Lopbc* (Part 5. Revised | text. 1 ‘copy.
yo ‘Uaclassi fied.) :. . .

ae 6. . Six newspapers. containi , articles about or ey Dike. (1
_— _COpy only. Unclassified.

" "Incident in Vulchedram,” translation of: excerpt pan
Diko?s. “Agrarians and Communism." (Unclassified.)

8, Program of the "Democratic. Bloc." (Confidential.)

Qe. Text: of letter from Vakrel Yanev | to > BAKO, dated | Apr 15,
oa 1950.. (Confidential.).

oS ‘10. Seven photographs. of Diko and the 1950 Nikola Petkov Menorial
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. capital.)

xp ena aries. and Communism, wy Dimiter Adamov Dimitrov —

. talk about."

pieink to his head; That expression "fellow villagers* struck | a
‘his ears as an irony, as an insult.—He- felt-hewas-being de— _ ” ee

Octobe 4950 eo:

UNCLASSIFIED |; C ee es 2 te ATHENS ‘sea, an

“ WINGIDENT IN YULCREDRAN®: 2

So one. , day. Yamkov- -ealwaa) coe told to go , to the "Comittee."
The invitation was made personally by Tinko so that it. would -
not have the meaning and character of an order. (He was the. oS
father of a Communist - “who: probably } had an 1 important. post in the. :

. "We have missed you, Yamkov, 1 we see mosning | of 3 you."
"0h, well, business you know."

"Why ‘don’t: ‘you: come to the office of the » People's | Comittee.
so that we. can sit. and Rave a valk?" .

"To. ‘the office? What: would I be doing there?” ~ 7
"0h, having | a talk. hae
_— “What. do \ we: have. to talk about?" .

Myeld, a? men cand as fellow villagers | we have. mich te a ms —
Fellow villagers? Yankov felt his blood boiling and”

filed by the mouth of that sordid murderer; because it. was 9
against these fellow villagers that his. mania and extremism =
had been directed and his fellow villagers had been killed on.

his instructions; killed by the rabid mob of the Party during .

' its first onslaught.. And among these fellow villagers whom = .-. - a

‘this jackal had killed there were his friends: the kind meiee,

the teacher and the doctor, all those who were } the. heart and ve a
mind of the village. ee, | ee

"Like fellow villagers?” |

"Anyway , like friends. ... 1 want to discuss something
with you. It's necessary that I should have a talk with you."

"Now I understand. That's right, be. blunt about it. At ae o
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- But, don't take it that wey, “Yamkov. I: am . not ordering -

70s, Im inviting you.” a

"Okay 5 when do you want me to come?” nes
"Come: this afternoon, unless you'd prefer tomorrow.”

"Either today or tomorrow makes no difference to me. o a
I’m coming this. afternoon.” cee

Before going there, Yamkov passed by the druggist’s,

the only survivor of the circle of intellectuals, and Sta hia .

about the invitation Tinko had made to him. He was the only
man with whom he ‘spoke with confidence and-with whom he ex-

_ Changed ideas... The druggist rose, shocked, from his desk,

- affixed his spectacles with hands which were trembling, then 7

| put his hands on Yanmkov’s shoulders as if  eRey | were > expressing

his Love and -anxhety.
 SBe careful; my: ‘friend Yaukov. You : are a ‘bit hotheaded —

and cannot control. your tongue. Mind you don't misbehave. — a
' Control your nerves, because we mustn't lese you. We need ae oe

we need you. Your home and your family and your village need

Yous » You must. not be missing when the moment. arisesooe." oo

- Yankov left, ‘greatly moved, and. with a decision to Listen.
to whatever they "nad to tell him at the People’s Committee
without expressing the disgust and indignation he felt. for-

them, He had decided to be patient, to swallow his tongue,

. that he knew who Yamkev. was, because his grey eyes were cone 7 - ,

chastised by: his’ ‘master. —_

and to listen. quietly to. all the filth of that social atagtaee,, |

finko, like a little. pupil of the: » elomantary” school who is -

"The devil. take: himt* he- ‘epat-with-disgust. - en :

. “At the People’s Committee, apart from the two eminent” a
Party members - Tinko and Yaney ~ there was a Russian organi- ©

zer, a large brute with an elephant neck and with a well-.

shaved Asiatic head. Through his large nostrils, which = =.
one felt

rhythmically closed and opened with his breathing
that one was about to see the size of his mind. it seened -

stantly fixed on him, insistently and inquirinely. Tinke cub

introduced hin. .

"He has a son. tee, a Party man, our man.”

"Bravo, congratulations. ‘Where is he now?* he eased. _ -

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"Is: he studying?” ee a
: Yes, : he is studying to become : a doctor." tie hough to a
himself: Ma ieater." )

"Fine ,? ‘remarked the- Russian with satisfaction. - "In our
set-up we respect doctors, just as we respect every scientist. ;

‘We think highly of them. We give them the means to promote - ee hae
their science for the. benefit of the whole and, of (COUrSe for co feo

their own ‘benefit 600."

“Yes, yes. You love them. I have seen. ‘that with » my own. oa
eyes," agreed. Yamkov, scarcely managing to control himself... |
And there passed before his eyes the tragic ‘scene. of the: assas- mo
sination of the. doctor a. fow. days. AZIe co oe Of)

After ‘these. words had been ‘exchanged and he was: ‘aitting

_-eonfortably, on his.chair, the Russian opened his legs wide, a an
‘assumed a serious air, and started the discussios. © : He spoke .
Bulgarian. with. ‘great ease, like a Bulgarian. me

"The comrades," he said, pointing to. “Minko and Yanev, OS
"spoke to me with flattering *words about you and your home. =~;

You are an honest and industrious family, respeetable: Persons, : —

and such persons who know how to appreciate work and honesty ..

oS are valuable and dear.tous. It, is even more: fortunate ~
‘because, as I was told, you are on our side, This is only”

too. natural, of ‘course, since you. have your SON. 5 os

"My son has his own. ideas and I have nine,” aternpted a

Yamkov, who had started growing angry.

the ‘Russian pretended not to notice the > meaning oft the. a

interruption. an

'Tes,. Tr understand. . Your son being + younger and. more fe
progressive, went further ahead. yee has the lead. So .

- I was about to say...what was I saying? Oh yes, that you ™

have a son who could go ahead if you, too, helped, and if

you didn’t. at would be the other way. You understand ‘What I -_ . ae oon

mean?" 7

Yankov. felt ‘that he was 5 choking with | anger, but. + he se ore

trolled himself. He swallowed his tongue. . oe
I understand, " he said, between clenched ‘eeeth. | Be

"It’s good to hear that,” added the Russian. RI shows. _

that you understand things in the right way, from the. proper
angle, like a reasonable man and like a father." . He Looked —


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. 7 their eyes. ‘Sparked, with: anger.

_ that remains is for me to tell you about my proposal. You

pictasstxr a Enelosure as ATHENS 588

satisfied. He. . thougit that he had seared Yamkev with his ~

his Mercy o

what is required in each village to serve as an example to fo
- . the villagers toward our social system and thus to facilitate .

threatening Poaiuatien. He thought that he had ‘bin: now at

"And now. let us speak about the specific and interesting, on on
question for’ which we invited you." ; we

"Let: us ‘speak, mn the other man agreed. . . _
. "People like hae are valuable for us... You are: exactly
be followed by others, to overcome the stupid hostd Lity of ne Me
its completion....Such persons offer an immense service. to
our cause.:. That.is why we give them our respect and our. kG
confidence, and we reward them richly, both morally and. mate ON
rially.. ‘We. know how. to honor honest men.” EM oe

"Yes, “Indeed, a can sée that," said Yankor and 1 threw a.
glance at. ‘the: other two “honest men,” Yanev. and Tinke. ae

 Yamkov’s: ‘highly. expressive hint did not: ‘eseape the. ata oe
tention of. the. Russian, but he pretended not. te understand.
The two “honest. men" went red to the roots. of their ears: and.

After all this, " the Russian went on, "the ‘only ‘thing
should enter the kolkhoz. Thera you will be able to develop

= all your activity, you will benefit the social whole and you. - _

a development and ‘Progress of your son."

had uttered he understood what he was about to come to. And,

will create.the. fundamental pre-requisites | for the ) Proper

“Yamkov rose. From the first-words™ the fussian- organizer a ee Pe

of course, he did not intend to accept the. proposal for.
participation in the-kolkhos but had intended - following the.

advice of his friend, the druggist - to express his refusal.
‘- in quiet and well chosen words. But when the Russian had =. -

made his son's progress dependent upon his own onsent to be- a
come an organ of the party - thus indirectly blackmailing cs
him =, and especially whem he clearly intimated: that. he wanted oe
him to use as the bait for his fellow villagers, his honest —~
and purse soul revolted. The wave of anger which he- searcely ...
managed to control broke out like a torrent. _the Gruggist's De
prescription was cast away, forgotten. ; eS

"It seems to. me,” he replied, "that your . affinity with
base individuals like Tinke and Yanev, and undoubtedly with
others still worse, has led you to believe that, all. ‘She ae


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SECURITY :

acu © aa maclobu

‘Yancho Yamkov, who was descending the stairs without being. 2
7 think over. how. and. ‘when. end where it must be done .* Ps

: stabbed with: wild ferocity.

-derers. ~ And they found them. They were two peasants, two .-..

 gtolid and incorrigible anti-Communists, who, aceording to. = =. |°.:
their own ‘confession’, written and signed before the militia, Jeter PL
had committed the murder because they were informed. that wis

-he had "signed, " were taken over by the kolkhos. nee

‘; araas 588

ooo yy

; ‘Bulgarians. are ‘gailored to fit your plans. For otherwise.

you would not have spoken to ms about moral and material |
rewards for. my person, about coins of treachery, and you .
wouldn't have threatened me with the ‘development’ of my -
good-for-nothing. son. Oh no, Mr. Russian, you are Wrong .
in thinking. that all the Bulgarians take after your §.-

*eomrades',. There are.a few who. cannot be bought, ‘who: do

not give way to. threats and do not become bait.”

He put on his hat and left with dignity. -

-. The others: remained. there, stupified and spelibound, oe,
looked at the. departing Yankov.

'- When he had’ ‘overcome the. surprise which had. stupified
hin, Tinko got hold of his revolver and hastened te. reach

aware of this... But. the ‘Russian organiser stopped him...
' Ho nonsense; ‘This isn’t ‘the time for ite” We shall

uo And. he ‘aid think about it. rN few days later Yamkov 1 was.
found dead in a field outside the village. He had been.

Tinko and the militia made every effort to find the —_ :

Yamkoev had registered for participation in the kolkhoz and” we
beeause he insistently and persistently had urged his fellow at
villagers. to join him.. The two-murderers ‘Were. ‘Saker. AWAY.

for trial. and: never reappeared. ee ;

Yamkov's belongings, in accordance with a statement watch » ae


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- CONELDENTE A CO - Enelasu( se a en

SECURITY : _ October 335
fo - a ae "PROGRAM OF THE peMocRatic BLOG -

_ l. The program is based upon the policies of the great.
\} Agrarians’ such as Nikola Petkov, Dimiter Guitchev, Nikola
_Mushanov, Constantin Moraviev, Hh a DAnovs Alexander .. :
Gerginov. and Alexander Stambouliski

= 20. The ‘Blee ‘accepts the help and ‘collaboration. of > all
Bulgarian. anti-Communists who agree to work e slong the Path
of Democracy: -

a ra The: Bloe: refuses to collaborate with, . Communiste.
Leftist elements of any type such as the party of Dr. G..Mo:
Dimitrey, extreme Rightists, former Monarchists, Fascists, |
or with the. Ivan Mihailov. group. This Democratic Bloc must \
| Pamain purely. democratic, . ia the American Wanner. © -

= be “The Bloc: will ally itself with similar bloss now.
being formed: among, Albanian and Tugoslay refugees. Pane

5. As. ‘goon. as: the Bloc. can. procure the necessary. funds,
it will” prepare and publish protocols, resolutions, etc., ...
and distribute ‘these Poth to Bulgarian. emigrants. abroad. and:
to Bulgarians inside Bulgaria. The first of these brochures:
will explain what the Bloc is, what it wants and why it. does ..

-_ not support Dr.°G. M..Dimitrev. The brochure: will ask for ae
'. the help. of: all Democratic Bulgarians. mo Posy

a " 6s "After the Bloc has proved itself", it will: request” : a
help from the United States and from the Greek Government in. Pree
penetrating. and propagandizing. Bulgaria.-. be ee ed os ao eons

Te The Blec expects to help annoy the Communists in en
Bulgaria and’ = when the time comes =- to > Reip 3 liberate the
country. - we

8. When the country has been . freed;. the Bloc desires - a an ce
‘free elections under a democratic system, restoration of all. fee
personal freedoms, the adoption of a bill of rights along the =~ =
American system, the restoration of private owership, the. es ee
abolition of Cooperative farms and the abolition. of the en Bae
people's courts, - ote a

9. The program advoeates just and ‘proper: trials of all a ve .
Communist leaders == no terrorism. St oe eet

10. In external. affairs the Bloe advocates. s Balkan eoope- : wo ys
ration and. cooperation with all democratic peoples. ar a are

tai,
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SECURITY: October i, 1950. ”
4 Letter from. Vetere Yanev, 37, Rue de Berne, Paris. 8, France,
( -- ¢@ Dimiter Adamoy Dinctrov, Be

otel Action, Rew Phaleron, Greece,
a dated April Me 19500 -

‘EXCERPT —

voooel! am here: Concentrating more on | organizational work
so that we can safeguard the idealistic purity of the Agrarian —
7, Unier so heavily. stepped upon and frightened by the self-willed
- and evil activity of the Doctor and those who circle around him. ;
Here in Paris’we finally have an Agrarian: Union and. we have
published a circular letter in which we annoumce in a'clear _
‘manner the division among the emigrants... I sent you some of
- these letters’ and.am now again sending you one so that you can Rp
distribute it wherever necessary and to people who are. interested. ae oe
I will await your prompt advice as to how it is received. I | 2 pe
' know how the Barew people will receive it, but now this means. er ar
nothing to us. The Bulgarian preblem in dea: entirety interests ee es
us and we will- net allow it to be misused | on “aecount: of our a ee
- National Cause. ns

I have not started: a ‘newspaper yet, but everything h has he
been thought out and I hope that early next month I can ree
lease the first issue. . It is not easy. You know how poor We
are and it is hard.to get money from the poor emigramts. © -
Newsprint: is very expensive here. My material circumstances =
are not any better than before, The newspaper has been thought. .
:- out im its serious form and. contents) so many people wilt have
— - to swallow their. tongues. ee \
os About the ‘National Committee: I have nothing : in’ common ee
with them. My opiniom is that all in a very short time will. ae
be reorganized. from the roots, if-we-honestly-- esire tod -§o- do. XN
good for our enslaved homeland . Ue for deens Oy — 5
; The ‘temporary leadership of’ the Dulgarian: Agrarian Union. !
vin exile has been formed to include Eng./Teney, as also Dinko
{Argiroy. The fight with the Baravites has started. strongly .
and even though Dr. Dimitrov is on their side we shall con- :
 timue the fight, and will not stop, because at is for the Pure,
honest triumph. of overrun Democracy. —

Date
eo

‘The activity on the part of the Barevites about. which you
_wrote is this: they want to make a sub-committee and for this
e they want:Slavi Neikoy as a representative, You see -
to what low levels thay have reached and who are the leaders |
for the Dostor! I wonder why up to now the emigrants in Greece.
have not organized and picked out a committee there, which will - .
' promulgate common interests and not allow outside interference.

- COMP IDENT AL,

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sonra C Ny Re | att 9 ATHENS 588 : —

on the bad activity of the Barevites in Greece but up-to now.
- you haven't done it, which has. troubled me.. You know that. rt
‘am very strong on promises. I believe the declarationa you

‘You had promised me that you would send. me documentation a

have made more than once and shall await. the fultilinent: as.
quickly aa Possible. of these. promises. es

, rt had read in. the. papers about: the: killing of » Marin and _
others. I'd like to have you acquaint me with the circum

stances of the emigrants and what are the fronts, which. Tacos: va aoe
come out as. ‘leaders, what kind of . attitude ‘hey Sake, ate. Pees ae

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‘Subject: . ‘The Hanging of Lyle 0. Kelly. - os

“the: developments * regard to Kelly's comection with the French.
_He told us about recent contacts he made with Pierre and Mrs.

a in 1999, Kelly worked for Florimond.

~” Florimond. by. Friday,. April 13, whether or not he would work with
him. . Kelly asked.us for instructions. We told Kelly his answer
co, Was ‘to. be a.definite, final no. In other words he was never to
. gee the French again... We know definitely, however, that Kelly -
-...Saw.Plorimond on’Friday, on Saturday and. on Tuesday. - On. Tuesday ©
he saw also. a. certain French Assistant. Military Attache named . Parey.

agree to meet Piray at the French Embassy between 11 and 12 otelock

|. Frenchman detailed accounts of all U. S. imtekitgenee operations of.
~~" which he is aware, ‘with special emphasis.on Radio Gorianin, and (2)
“2, Peceive, for this information 10. to “15. million drachmae. - os

“: dnstance, | two.of the Dreamer radio announcers are known to Kelly.
-and hated ‘by Kelly. “Since they have relatives inside Dreamland, ‘their

"that this effort of the Erench might be Communist “inspired att empt’.
'. to penetrate U..S. intelligence activities. |The Greek bases his »
-. guess only upon the reasoning that normal French intelligence. activitie

-. would not be so interested in penetrating Ue. Ss. work,’ since we,
allegedly “7 we are close allies. . _ “

funds. These malpractices,. known to us through personal observation
over a period of several months, include such ‘things. as the Following :

-MEORANDUM Se Aprd 1952
Tor cniver ¢ G. ‘Martell |
Fra: Terence U. ‘Nasmith |

ab “the : most serious accusation: against: Kelly: is based upon:

Florimond from Salonika. He denied that he had ever had con-
tacts with them previously. We have learned from Cet ve thats OF

On: ‘Thursday. April 12 Kelly stated ‘that ‘ne was: to “tell

Yani Kolomonos, Kelly's friend, stated that’ Kelly has
n Thursday, April 19. At this meeting Kelly will (1) give the ©

It. is. imperative that - this meet ing be: stopped. For

our position should be as secure as. possible.

“Our. Greek informant suggests, ‘not: without plewsibiiity, ”

2. We accuse Kelly also of menyyproven Lies and. of theft ‘of: :

a. Kelly stated that he wrote. three’ ‘books » for whi ch he.
“was paid a sum of money. He did. not write the books as he _

. himself has testified on the. enclosed photostat of a do cumernit :
which. he signed.

b. On on occasion |

here ESTES


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Paeed

we » thet: he had. no relations with Ibrahim Mohammed... A friendly - ~

- -observer..saw Kelly pay Mohammed. gold: pounds. prior to Mohammed's... °:”:

a “regent: trip to. Turkey. Furthermore, mysterious receipts have a
a appeared, -in “Kelly's accounts. signed by. Tbrahim ‘Mohammed ; So tae

oe | cl car

_+ 2

: be On one occasion Nasmith personally. gave. Kelly $300 -
in dollars for an option on his: books: Kelly signed a
receipt for this. Kelly showed a signed copy: of” the- receipt

' to the true author,. stating that he could not: divide the.

money with the author since, although he had signed the
receipt, . he had not received any money ~~ that Mr. Nasmith -

. had: forced him to sign the receipt sa that. Nasmith could .
steal the $300 for himself. a

ee Money given’ ‘to Kelly ‘specifically for the purpose. “of

. paying salaries to the members of his Committee was not)

turned over to the Committee in its entirity. Kelly ested on = ey

“ ‘several occasions definitely. that he no longer had any. :
; -connections with Greek authorities... At the time he was ‘making _
on. these: “statements. he was observed by our people to be going into...

the Aliens Directorate, Radio Athens, and other official Greek»
residences... (Note: We wereppteasddtto have Kelly maintain mE
contact: with Greek. officials; we. dislike | only. his 5 iying.* about:

“de On at. Lea st h occ asi ons. Kelly has stated. amequivoeally

It is interesting to note ‘that ‘aroused. by” our “eontinued |

oS epeeresé: in Ibrahim, Kelly has given-us a 108 song and dance. ae 7
“intending to force us to drop the subject — "about. ibrahim's es
Peins . a Greek Spy. ck : . ot

On one occasion Kelly told us. about having ‘3 received

ws money from. Major Nikoloupolos of the Aliens Directorate. .. This Oy
“- is (1) an obvious attempt to drive a wedge between our closely

- cooperating: organizations, and (2) evidence of Kelly's untrust~

, worthiness. — .

 f. Kelly has ‘been yarned: pepeatedly to maintain as. “good:
security as possible regarding the purpose for which he has ..-
rented offices at 13 Patissia Street... Nevertheless, Kelly has.
blabbed his business (and ours!) all over Athens, so that he fave
constantly visited. by all manner of unnecessary People including’ “
a galaxy of street ~walkers. : ; oo

Be. Kelly maintains constant: relations with several peste.
who seem unduly interested in our wrk. We donot attempt . _
to dictate his friends but we do consider it improper when he 2 oo a
deliberately lies in denying to us that he sees such people... |.’
(Example: A certain Papas, an elderly Greek who Seems. to be. ;
working with the French | Mission here. ‘a

3. In addition to the serious charges which we have against oe

Kelly as indicated above, there is the additional charge equally

“serious but. less. - se


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- 3 ~-
serious ‘but. less specific, that: he appears: “actually ‘to’ be- insane, ote
to be suffering from d@2lusions. of. grandeur. {megiomania). For. .
-instance, his many references to his future rol® as prime minister .
of Bulgaria, and his illustrative. anecdotes regarding the purpose _
of the. meeting recently: held between the men ex's of the Committee
and Mr.. Manfield. a Coo

he It. is yecommended urgently that. “Kelly. ‘be ‘removed “mediately
from circulation and that the Aliens Directorate.be kind enough to.
discuss with us in the next few days or weeks what. final solution:

" we may evolve. for. the. ‘Kelly menace...” : Le


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ASH G I IFO PARI G CITE ae
<) a - CITE ATHE G ee ABATED

= aKSTAIR . .
de ‘DO. ‘YOU Kiiow OF DREAMER POLITICAL. COMSITTEE CALLED (1} PURPORTED

‘TO BE. FORMED iN ‘ZRUETAL? HAVE NO ) DETAILS. POSSIBLY GLANTZ
SPLINTER? :

a. NEG SUBUECTe POSSIBILITY WE WILL SOON. PUT LYLE-O,
NCES REASONS “SMALL ‘success HAS G NE TO HEAD AND 1s. OUT=SLANTZING

_ GLANTZ ‘ON FUNDS ‘AND | DICTATOS IAL APFFOACH.- THERE GY BEGINNING TO
» AL LENATE FOLLOWERS . ALSO POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT. IN SUBJECT OF WASH”
33606 (out Fy Be f )e “OK HS ANE. HOULE “CONTINUE UNDER ORE
MATURE. AND ABLE LEADERS hiP OF (2) wo, 1s PRESENTLY COM ETTEE
MEMBER. SHOMDOWN NOT ‘YET OCCURFED:- THEFEFORE. THI AS. FY! ONLY
UNTIL FURTHER: INFO FON US. HF WEDO. REORGANIZE Feuvigre

&
: | CONS IDES ING POSSIBILITY BRINING? (3) FRCY HEFATEY, TO ADD HIS

TALENTS TO COMMITTEE. ANY coment FFOY. HdC NET on THIS?

; 3. ‘NEw SUBJECT? FYI (4) OF 19. MARCH PRINTS LONG ARTICLE. Ck
ls KNISCHEME 5 QUOTES. SOME TEXTS. WE. HAD: BELIEVED Jabs Keds OUTS 7

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_ 3 Merch os

" MEMORANDUM FOR: © Chief,. HB 1, ron
_ SUBIEOT: coy, Dimitra Ademov ossstser a

REFERENCE: (os . Your request for. clearance .
ae dated 23 Octover 1950: om

_/ Provisiondl Clearance seproved

7. 25 Jemare L95Le :

a In view of the. information and recommendation < con- vs

; tained in‘a memorandum. from the. Chief, Special. Security Branch,.
Inspection: and Security Staff dated 10 Merch ~~ “1951;

- an Operational ‘Clearance is hereby issued which Will permit. the

; utilization of Subjects. services asa contractual agent in :

-* Greece. engaged in poLitical,. psychological and, guerrilla warfare

operations under. Project ESTAR.

. 2... ‘This Clearance. is for the particular’ services for “which
» it was. requested. ‘If at a. later date it is decided to utilize...
“ Subject in-a different capacity, or otherwise change his status,

: “the matter must be brought to the attention of the Operational ©

S Security: Officer: without delay. -_ to, a

- no Attached’ hereto is a copy of the recomondation . upon.

: “wan this: clearance is based. eee

; "FORTHE ASSISTANT-DIRECTOR-FOR-POLICY COORDINATION:
i © R. CORVELISON.
‘Acting 0 rational Security. officer Pe SEF

Attachnent ne .
- Memo dated 10 March 19516 .

- . co: OPC ‘Registry

‘ . Ti/es oe

_ i/es.

3 SECRET '

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” Attention: Security Officer ee oe a
. Chief, Special Security: Branch » 20 Maxech 1952 0 7°
vee : “ Dimitra Adamov Dimitrov : cet

 o.. Reference te. made. to your nemorandun dated: 25. October 1950 regarding the. a
Subject and the background information furnished by your office, concerning hid...

pe A check of pertinent Government agencies and the indices of CIA produced ne
information regarding the Subject,in addition to that furnished by your office.

De 2. Conclusion and. Recommendation: ‘Due to limitations placed upon this .
'. office's inguiries,. ve vere unable to develop any further information concerning |
' the Subject since there.is no indication in background information or in the:

i thet Subjeet hae ever Credded ian this cometry nn tne. tndieoe Of Olby
at Sablest bas ever: xesiiied am this comizys: ce

_Bowpre, based on thn Tack of muy darogntory inforaton in the flee of
- , pertinent govermment.agencles, and the indices of Cli, this office dees not wish,
> at thie time, to interpose any objection to the proposed use of the Subject by this
_. organization, Fenn ante ne Seomty de Romished with the resalts of :.:
the Yield Check when evallahie. a

_ “Ze the altuation should be altered and information obtained from ‘vitoh an
coe, investigation in the United States would be productive, this office wuld gladly

_ - Tht meiccuhdian ‘pertedne ‘enily to the assignment mentionéd above: « ghowta ‘you

. desire to use this individual in a staff capacity or othervise change hia status ab
‘ " g later date, the matter chonld be taken up_with Inspection_and Security... In. the
_...,.. latter event, So ee ie eae othe tenet ene maretokentty Sm
on advance so that no delay is caused in the transition.

Nranauttted herevith are the attaclmenta listed below. If it should be.
_ Recessary, for any reason, to return the attachments, it 1s requested that. thoy
” be returned in a sealed enveleye marked "Eyes Alone" to the writer. ce .

FOR THE SEORITT one, om:

: . oe,
ay ite 2 @ em me OF
Orx

Cia Sia Unicera

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-Subject's. services, it is recommended that a Provisional ‘Opera=.. -

| tional Clearance be issued for. Subject's use as a contractual agent °° > *..
_ “in Greece for political, psychological, and gusrrilla. ‘warfare opera ce
tions: in connection with project QKSTAIn. : ae Le

using an individual.on a provisional operational clearance, you - . i
~ should use “precaution in handling” “Sudject t until a” “full” clearance ‘ts. _ "
‘granted. ; So er . . a

APPROVED: 2.) January 1951.

as — a —_

”” 25 January 1952.

MEMORANDUM FOR: EE I.

“. Dimitri A. Dimitrov

; 1 “Tt has: been ascertained from the Chief, Special Security |
Branch,,. _ Inspection, and Security Staff, that as of 19 January 1951, :.
the files: ‘of CIA fail to reflect any reason why Subject. should not |
be operationally utilized by this office. © a ; mt

- Bee In view of the above and due to the urgency of ‘obtaining ©

305 : “Inasmuch. ‘as “there is a calculated security risk involved in” ne ee

he ‘This Provisional Operational Clearance. ‘is recommended: for a
period of ninety days subj ect to renewal if the. full clearance has”

not been granted. ;

Ww. Re CORNELISON - oe oe |
Acting Operation. Security Officer en!

FRANK G. WISNER iy, oe
ce Director for ae 7

“Policy Coordination


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SUBJECTS :

23 January 1951

| aio FOR: BAD |

~ Providional Operational Clearance for ;
Dimitri A. Dimitrov. °

“Lee Tt. is ‘Pequested that the attached Provisional | vo -

Operational Clearance for Dimitri A, Dimitrov be approved. © 9
Mr. Dimitrov will be used as a contract agent in Greece for.

political, : ‘psychological, and guerrilla warfare operations

-_ under Project AKSTATR.

= “2. In view of ‘the fact that the recruitment of Bulgarian

S . agente who are scheduled shortly to begin covert’ training must 7 oa “ ae : ;
“be accomplished through Mr. ‘Dimitrov, his Slearants | ‘is needed a,
mediately. eee, Pee

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GEC 1 PHERES
CHECKED 87
-_ RELEASED 8y

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a i D. APPEAR. “SOVEWHAT Inerreete’ THAT tte ALL “yesvean séaur
: FIND-A LUMBER. CAvP EYDEPCT CAMP OR RANCH, ETC. WHERE
win giismcTeRs AS.KELLY CAN BE OUR’ GUESTS, REBEAT Tear “eLty
ILL. THINKS NEHIS PATRONS. KNOW THERE ARE Ni i) FACILITIES
poof op os 1M ¢ GR-CURIO.:: WAS SUGGESTING THAT YOU VAKE FACILITIES AVAIL An

/DLE*AND “Euye STAR.

: 2 mus ORDER. Aue: 6 5 brute: THINGS. am LAST FES tei

“Ten HAVE BECOS E SLycuTLy


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HELP? KELLY PROLON Vr ORK 1 TAes
t 1 . . . .

TIME INFORMANT FOR BGKANTER ADE WHILE UT NOLDY GAT watts
DO. SO RELUCTAITLY.
“he ALSO VASAELO FEELE SOUPELLZL AZGPTOTEULLY Te ues aa

CEASE REFEREES TO THT “HRACLES “HICH WELL TAKE PLEZT ur

he

oo ABRAVAL OF SENOR REPRESENTATIVES IT H25 need

OF WHOLE OF STAFF wHO HAYS SEIN E*G1.¢ HEADS AGALST 7c Teuton poe

MONTHS. SURE YOU CA UNCERSTAND PSylaleeiy of THI 3e


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ATHEG, WASSG INFO: HEID3, MUNIG = CITC? FRANG.

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7 HTSTE I! HAS HEATHER STAFF NOR FACILITY HOLE “CHARACTER suck
S KELLY ANC EXTENDED PERIOD.

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: le In accordance with 3 your instructions received. through’ Mee Donald Fe
Ewing, CSE/2, and in coordination with Mr. Mahoney of WH Division, I flew to:
_ DTROBALO, arriving there at noon on 26 May 1953, for the purpose of. determining
: whether Subject has. current operational information concerning SE operations _
. : and personnel that.would make hima security risk if he were allowed 1 to Tes os
no settle within the next: calendar yeare Lo bea,

‘Upon. arrival at ‘DTROBALO I. discussed the « case with ELLs case.
; offices, Mr. Philip A, Tocmey, and the. Station Security Officer and learned |”

' that KELLY had been in detention until approximately 15 May when he was. released
- from confinement and’allowed to attend classes and live with other r persons who.
_are being prepared for ‘resettlements ne ; a ee

Be. Between’ 1300 and 1600 hours on 26. May, I reviewed the “DTOBALO. Station

- files on KELLY and made an appointment with KELLY's case officer to have a Cone

.. ference with. KELLY at 0800 hours 27 May. It was decided to use the office of. .
-.* ‘the Station Security Officer for the meeting because of its invuherability to
“other ggents and to the laborers who were working in the area, The Security .
Officer stated that the ‘office would be made available for. She tine epecifieds :

: he At 0800 hours 27 May KELLY's case officer escorted: ne. to the pres uo
'. arranged meeting site and introduced me as Mike Vargas to KELLY who had been: =: -
' - waiting in the offices The case officer informed KELLY that I had arrived from

Washington, D. C. to discuss his problems with him and would endeavor to resolve .
'. all matters possible, KELLY appeared elated and in broken English said that. he -
was very happy to. learn that the organization (I presume he meant CIA) finally
acknowledges him as a friend, KELLY stated that he has been waiting 25 months | -
to speak to someone from Washington. ‘The case officer departed fran- the room and ae
“>. (eft KELLY and me standing in the center of the roan, I asked KELLY to be. are
'. seated and told him that I speak Serbo-Croatian and inquired if he understood - os
Serbo-Croatian. KELLY replied that he does speak Serbian and is glad that I -
speak the language also because his English was not fluent and he haa difficulty .
expressing himself. fui conversations hereafter were conducted in Serbo-Croatian,

5. I opened the conversation by telling KELLY that. his reports and letters. -)
were received and studied very carefully at Washington and assured him that- :
pressing daties made it impossible for anyone to visit him at. any tine prior to.
the present. KELLY replied that he felt relieved that he was not forgotten by © ~
his friends and that he could now reveal everything that has been a puzzle to *.
him since his apprehension by the Greeks in 1951, and perhaps learn the causes -«.

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for certain actions that were directed against | hime KELLY stated that he was
i imprisoned a few times and that he suffered terribly during § those Periods”
because of. his. inability to withstand imprisomente _

6, In order. that: I might have a clear picture of his background ‘and

initial contacts with the Americans in Sofia and later in Athens, 4s well.as

his associations with other intelligence services.in Bulgaria and Greece, KELLY... —-
- stated that he preferred to start from the beginning of his clandestine work in —

Bulgaria and chronologically bring me up to date on his activities and ensuing —

events, Since mch of KELLY's discussion is repeated in a report he had pre= —
' viously preparedand which is in his files and since a great deal of the dise = - je
- gussion had no’ direct bearing on the purpose of the mission, I will for’ the sake | eens Gee
; of. brevity and clarity avoid. those. portions of his storys Tat 7 ea

a Te - Aecording. to. KELLY, the highlights..of his background | and activities as
are as follows:. When the Commnist regime gained control in Bulgaria he realized.
the position the people of Bulgaria were placed in and that under Commnism =

-- the people were not going to be any better off than they were under the Fascista .
- or Nazis. The only salvation for the Bulgarian people was for the Democratic.
-'.. powers to achieve control and thereby extend their form of government. to the.
—o:. ! Bulgarian people... -Hetherefore proceeded to exploit Bulgaria with a view to | ee
- organizing adherents into clandestine groups in order to overthrow the Communist ey
goverrment that was in control. KELLY stated that he had organized over 250 oe
cells “consisting of: some 10,000 persons throughout Bulgaria and Macedonias.

Bo. “ Aeconding to ‘KELLY, in 1945 he met the “American. General ‘Crane in Sofia oe
_* and the. General requested KELLY to prepare a program of his organization out— -
lining its mission, functions, etc,. Upon cazplying with this request KEILY —.
-  gtated that General Crane informed him that his program was very favorable. and —
' ‘that he (General Crane) desired.KELLY to work for him, “KELLY said he agreed. 4
and Proceeded personally to exploit the cells of ‘his organization in Bulgariae ae

Qe ‘Tn 1946 while KELLY was inspecting units of his organization in ‘Bulgaria oes
he was arrested by the Communists and tried and found guilty on four counts and _
imprisoned. According to KELLY the only reason he was not given the death.
sentence was because the. Communists had hoped to use him as a witness against ©.

‘Nikola Petkov, Agrarian leader in Bulgaria who was alse fomenting unrest among |
the Agrarian factions. KELLY contimed by stating that he remained in prison .._—
: for approximately six months near Vratsa where he was tortwed by the police in
an effort to extract fron him information on his organization and people with Lo
whom he was associated, particularly Americans. © _ RELLY said, he aia x not reveal ne
the information which the police desired, . ee a! :

. 210. -Early in 1947 through members of his organisation: he was: able to make
his escape from the prison. He made his way to Sofia. where he tried to contact -
' General Crane, but learned that General Crane was no longer in Sofia and that
" his replacement was a Mr. Horne ( bably John Horner, Chapge dtAffairs AI.
- of the Political Mission in Sofia), Through the Mission secretary, KELLY made.
an + appointment to see Mr. Horne and when he did meet him Mr. Horne told hin ;

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"that he was not aware of anything that had existed between KELLY and General. .

escape fram prison proceeded to work his way out of Bulgaria. He was assisted. -
-by one Fancha Fernandova near Plovdiv. On crossing the Bulgarian border into ~~
. Greece KELLY stated that he surrendered to a Greek patrol who immediately os
. chameled him through - its interrogation center. During this process KELLY. said
he was approached by British Intelligence, a Mr, Andros (possibly Andrews) and .
>. Mx. Scott, and was told that the British had heard of his organization and.
.» + Wanted him to work for them. KELLY refused the offer and told the British that
"he preferred to work ‘with the Americans. KELLY also said that the Greek IS.

a placed in a refuges camp: in Athens with other Bulgarian refageese

; the art of making trinkets as a trade and was allowed to leave the. refugee camp.
” and seek employmerit in a shop where he could contime his trade. He founda — -

'_ Vavanou who said she had'an aunt who lives in Chicago, Illinois, Since they both ;
- wished to go to the United States, they decided to get married and, with an =.

_ move was to. get to. Italy through TRO channel.se

.. ., than that.she was referred ‘to as Teresa, KELLY said that he and Flora planned:
* to separate on reaching the United States, According to KELLY, he cheeked with

Flora in February. 1949 and by. the latter r part of Maren. wher were. en. route to”
7 lke While in ttaly E KELLY stated that Flora communicated with ‘her en in
Chicago who was preparing to process the necessary affidavit for their entry ~
"was pregnant and according to Italian Immigration officials she could not bo.
learning this, KELLY said his whole plan.had collapsed and.that he could net go.

_ parents, They returned to Athens in October 1949. A daughter was bern, in--

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Cranes, but for KELLY to telephone him several days later, KELLY stated that he |”
telephoned Mr.’ Horne a } week. later but received no catistactory response fran _ al.

4. KELLY realizing that he was wanted in Bulgaria by the ‘pelise for his -

had asked him to’ work for them, and that he refused them also, He was then Bae
12. In 1949: during KELLY's stay in the refuges camp he said that he learned 7

shop that offered him a job and he accepted. He stated that he had no. intentions. |.”
of making a livdihood in that occupation but it did give him an opportunity to vee

'’ get out of the refugee camp and contimie to seek means: to combat the Communists = =~ o

in Bulgaria, While on this job KELLY. met a Greek woman by the name of Flora

affidavit of support fren Flora's Aunt, get visas to ‘the Us © See. 2 Beem pent .

be KELLY claims that: he did not .know ‘the dunt 's address: or name y other oF

the IRO in Athens and learned that because he was a Bulgarian immigrant he was _ - as
eligible. for emigration through IRO and since Flora had probable means of getting ;
him to the United States he. decided to go through with the plan. He married .. —

Thalys

into the United States, However, during this period KELLY learned that Flora -
considered for emigration from Italy until after the birth of her child. .
through with it. He decided toreturn to Athens and leave his wife with her.

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. told in order to. get. an ‘organization that could accanplish its mission he would -

: KELLY referred to the following Balgarian personnel as having been associated .

‘ Chonovski); Andon Andonov; Gespodin Gospodinov;. Hristo Traikov; Vasil Yanchev; .

translate his writings from Bulgarian into Greek. KELLY said he wrote two, oe :
texts and turned then over toa Greek educator to translates. coe

‘personnel. and was given the names of Ivan Hristonov and Ivan and Dimitur Doneve
-Upon the suggestion of the. Americans, KELLY said he accepted the persons named,
‘He established 4 headquarters and proceeded planning operations to penetrate ©
_ Bulgaria. KELLY claimed the Greeks. and certain Bulgarian emigre leaders in .
-' Greece were opposed.to his position with the Americans and did dverything |
possible to belittle his. position and impair his operations, The results of ca
_ KELLY's abortive missions into Bulgaria are contained in a : Feport which TELE ae
_ Prepared at; DTROBALO. god whak ie now in kis filse ae no

-Mr, Willard Allan, Miss Vera George (Mr. Allan's secretary), Mrs. Kingsley

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15. Now that he had returned to Athens KELLY's intentions were toearn.
sufficient funds ($2000) to build a home for his daughter. He was not con=
cerned with Flora: as he had married her for the purpose of getting to the
United States. The marriage was to be a temporary affair as they were not in. -
love with each other and had no intentions of remaining married. : Our information ;
shows that KELLY worked for the. Propaganda Section of the Greek General Staff. .
headed by Lt. Colonel M.A. Alexandralis on his return to Athens, . In order to
earn money KELLY decided to write several books on anti-Commumism. Since he
was not fluent. in Greek be: sought the assistance of a Greek scholar who. could

‘be In August 1950 KELLY decided to take his texts to the “American “Enbassy
in Athens and inquire as to the possibility of having the texts translated into .
English and published in the United States, He said he was directed to a Mre..
Ewning (probably Mr. Donald F. Ewing), Chief of Information Service, who in turn: :
introduced him to a. Mre. Willard Allan also an official at the American Embassy ~
in Athens. KELLY stated that after several meetings with Mr. Allan he was asked
by Mr. Allan to work with the Americans, KELLY inmediately volunteered and was.

need several assistants. He explored the Layrion refugee camp for potential are a

an ‘During the period in which he was trying to’ get his ‘operations
mounted into Bulgaria, KELLY was approached by the French IS to work for them, |
KELLY stated that. he immediately informed his American superiors regarding the. -
French approach and was thereafter directed by. the Americans, in his dealings : ;
and associations. ‘with the French ISe oy J 8 ,

. “18. KELLY Listed: the. following imerican personnel with whom he coordinated:
all his activities.: The Chief, name unknown to KELLY -— probably Mr. ‘MacLean,

(connected with the Radio Station), Mr. George and Mr. Clef (training officers)» eee ee
with his organization and with wham he was acquainted: Ivan Hristonov, whom he - mo
believes supplanted him in the organization in Athens; Ivan and Dimitur Donev, ..

whom he claims are presently in Argentina; Choyo.Stonovski (probably Stoyo ~~

Rafail Karakachanov; Dinitur Tabakow; Teodor Hadjiev and Ivan | GaRore -

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. would enjoy full freedon... Also. that he would remain at. hia new location long ~~ oo oo
enough to learn a ‘Language and prepare himself for resettlement. When he. in. vo
quired how long that would be he was told that would be about six monthse — 7 ar

-Spprehended and Placed in. confinement until his release in. May 19530. | 7

~ I could give him regarding questions that have never. been resolved and com =

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196 "KELLY. continued’ by stating that he 1 was apprehented by the Greek Police, ct
allegedly for safe. keeping‘in April 1951. He was placed in detention and ree ..
mained under Greek control until his departure from Greece to Frankfurt by air. |
From Frankfurt he was transported to Panama where he arrived on 5 September 1951, —
He was placed in detention at a hospital in Panama and was of the opinion that.
perhaps the hespital was an. exterminating establishment for undesirables, Later, —
however, he said he learned otherwise and through a friend, Mr. Stanley, learned re
that he was sent to Panama to undergo several physical check-ups and that after an

that was completed he. would be remeved to an area some 50 miles away where he | 7

206 In March 1952. KELLY was transferred to DIROBALO. ‘He stated that he ON
remained at DTROBALO. for six months and after that period he confronted the ©
authorities concerning his release and resettlement. Approximately one month. -
later KELL said he informed the Station authorities that he would leave the eens Ce
area if they did not release him as initially pranised. He stated that he was .

Be ; KELLY advised: ‘that the above is a true account of ‘his past ex~ | ek
periences ‘and in view of my limited stay in DTROBALO would appreciate any é answer :

sequently have disturbed him, KELLY apparently had a list of questions roped = ae!
which he drew from a notebook and Proeeded to reads The questions ‘were as.) aon
ng was he apprehended by the Greek Police? - rte ;

ee Why was. he placed in confinement in: Panama and later at DIROBALO -
ee How mach longer must he remain at DIROBALO? . eee

ad. Is thers any possibility of his working with 1 the ngandaation - rot
“(ous to complete the mission he initiated? eee

es What happened to the texts he wrote: that vweretaken to the _ ee
‘United States by Mr. Willard Allan? — De eee .

f. Why haven't any of his old friends visited him | during ¢ the c past
° two years? a

Be tn regards to his fanily KELLY stated ‘that only: asa last 7
resort and only if he had to remain at DTROBALO would he want his family

there, He would prefer working and saying sufficient money($2000) to 7
purchase or build a home for them in Greece and drop the whole matters, . a

In respanse to the abova questions I told Kelly that: = a rr
“He was apprehended by the Greek Police because of his proposed 7 7 2 By fe
_nogotiation with the French IS. ~ oe Be et

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be He was placed in confinement at Panama to undergo mental and
physical check-ups to assure his recovery from the ordeal which he had...
undergone, His confinement at DTROBALO was to prevent. his contemplated
and announced escapes

"KELLY's stay at DTROBALO apparently is. dependent on hia quali- a ae
fications. to meet resettlement requirements, I told him I was. not able to 7
‘gudge when he had fulfilled those requirements, There was also the task .
involved of finding suitable positions for. individuals with varied side
in South’ Americas woe we,

de I ‘told. KELLY that there was no "opportunity for him to work with
_the organization | because the men and organization as known to hin are. noe.
Tonger ¢ existent. 7 Me ; ; et _

- “Ir told. ‘KELLY that I believe the texts ¥ were returned to Greece, .
- but that ; TF would make a further check on my return to Washington, - :

_— KELLY was. 3 told that the people whom he knew in Athens: and ‘Softa
‘were oe "longer with the organization and therefore it was ‘Anpossible, for «:
- ~ thew to visit: Aim... na

So Be “r told. KELLY + that I dia not mow anything ‘about: his wife. ‘and child
-”_ other than the-fact that KELLY was married and that his wife and child.

- “resided in Athens. I again queried KELLY concerning his wishes regarding
' -his family, - KELLY asked how long it would take to bring the family to . ;
. South America if that were possible. I replied that I had no definite .

-. ‘answer, KELLY said that only if he knew he had to remain at. DTROBALO ©
_ indefinitely would he. request to have: his wife and child with hin:

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he I found KELLY to be a ‘frail, nervous, alert, and ‘extrenely talkative |
person, During the twelve hour conference with KELLY I frequently interrapted -
' him to query him on persons and activities he referred to in his story only to.) =)
find him replying briefly and persistently requesting to be allowed to continue : on
relating his thoughts and feelings. ae ce

Be In relating his story of the organization he established and menbers _
who comprised the organization KELLY appeared to have a clear and concise _ . a
picture of operations he directed and names and Geseriptions of (Pecple with wine | : wl
he had come in contacts. = Seg coe

Ce It is my opinion that KELLY knows ‘Little about operations ‘in 1 Gresces | —_
I believe KELLY was so wrapped up in his own abortive missions and personnel -; ee
difficulties while in Greece that he paid little, if any, attention. to cperations |
that were running concurrently. KELLY mentioned names of agents who are bing _
currently used in Balgarian operations; however, he referred to then as balgartane a

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whom he had ‘met in Athens and tried to recruit for his organization, or else.

he had been told of them. by other sources, In reply to queries and in his om =
story, he made no statement which would indicate that he is cognizant © of current
Bulgarian operations, —

De I feel. confident’ that KELLY realizes that his ‘chanees of > resuming his

_ vole.in Greece are at an end and therefore he has resolved to do the next best

_ thing and that is to contact a former Greek companion (Mr. Karapides) who is a

successful business man in Caracas, Venezuela and. seek. cuploymante KELLY is
eager to be resettled and to get out of DIROBALOs

"Be I recognize that KELLY is familiar with certain former . operations a and.
agents involved in those operations which, if revealed to unauthorized persons, ;
could become embarrassing. . ‘However, I feel that KELLY's knowledge of current —

operations is so minute that the security risks involved to our current operations © -

would be very little, if any, if he were resettled. Therefore, my 3 recommendation
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oan Mareh 1953.

Sporanten from Acting chit, Operations, Doe dated.
: 7 January 1953, to ° Chief, SE :

a Ie ‘Since ‘this ‘Division has no facilities for the “aisposal of hards 2 |

; core cases, the matter of Subject's disposal was. discussed, with the Chief, : oS
|. DDP/Admin after receipt of references fn am. nth gly ws aie 4 dw ‘th. i
Me angles meriotcr te fr Rondhns 4 dd Wde got Kk any ok wok:
2. For your information in’malcing ultimate disposition of tote case, cheer
oe, this Division has reached the conclusion, based on facts set forth in the - the,
. ‘ follewing paragraphs, that Kelly, if released from, ™ confinement will be a. aan

__ Source of serious. qubarrassuent to CIAs . -

nr Subject, ‘@ Bulgarian refagee in Greece, was the principal agent
og ine an. Wo tates operation run from October 1950 to March 1951. .

-*: operation resulted.in a major expose and trial in Sofia during 195].
; ‘agents used were those selected by Subject, at least one-of whem was. ™

*. probably an ‘operative of the ® Bulgarian Militia and acted .ag.the betray

“of. his colleagues. _ Se, -

a he “Subject 's behavior during - his ‘employment ¥ was s extraordinarily | bad
and characterized by a complete lack of security and a conscious effort .
_ on his part to aggrandize himself at the expense of the United States and
' bis fellow agents. Unfortunately, dur ingihe time of his use by us, he...
- aequired considerable information about" personnel, operations and |”
. dnstallations in Greece,. He was permitted to come, >and Be freely | in the ) ce
. CIA. offices in the American Embassye ee

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ae Be “Through. another informant the Athens’ Station learned in early»
— 1951 that Subject had contacted French Intelligence officera in Greece
- and had agreed to sell complete details on U. S. plans for operations .
" against Bulgaria for the sum of 16,000,000 drachmae. All subsequent .-
~ . information on this transaction corroborates the veracity. of the original. we

. informant's stery including a French document secured. through another CIA
channel which shows that as early es 1949 Subject had been an agent ofa - ..
French Intelligence network run by the Military A Attache of the French - a
Eubassy in Athens. - : =. oe ae ‘
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request of the Athens Station ‘that: - Subject t be :

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_ removed immediately Athens, arrangements were made for his transe
' portation and 1 at DTROBALO. To facilitate his removal, .
Subject was t t he was being taken to the United States for a.

meeting of important satellite refugee leaders. He was flown by CIA TA plane
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(«Fe The American case ‘officer who handled him in ‘Athens. » reported,
“Barly in-our: relations with Kelly we foresaw the need to curb him or -
7 eliminate: him’ from our operationse ‘Since, however, he was necessary to
us, we tried to‘use him, restraining him and. teaching him the while. _
"Kelly, . unfortunately, did not learn ~ he got. worse. He 'borrowed'. mg
“stole money from many sources.. He lied to many people, Ancluding us, and.

- he developed an infantile megalomania in. which he -persisted in considering ”

himself the forthcoming Minister~President of: Bulgariac”.- During his de ah:
| -bnearceration at DTROBALO, we understand that these same character: traits.

have been evident,
- ais resume. fine
Be: This” fivieion believes. that t Subjects confinement. ‘should be
continued Inde preclude the probability that he would again

+ try to contact. the French or another Intelligence Service, foreign. ©
oS Governments, ° ‘or. the press in order to capitalize on the information he
possesses concerning CIA, its operations against Bulgaria, the details -

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loo well-placed, 2 ‘reliable source (A-l) has stated that the 19 files of —
bos, ‘French Intel Ligence network “Ylysse" of Captain Michel ee cr Roncier -
; Gilitery avtacne: ar tha E veuch lubassy, athens) listed, baad tri Diuitraw

as an agent and contains the: toLlo wang information.

"30 years, ald, ‘a aeber, ot “the “Bulgarian Agrarian a Party. | ;

_ ‘student and Beat to Greece. in 19lbe He was in contact, with ‘the british

oft the Aliens Directombe. ‘He received an. order: fron the ‘Anericans ‘recuesting

“, hin to 0 69 to ashing ton for a tie. His ile contains two. report,

oo dated v7; apa 1949 conterning the military situation and the other dated

6 apri 31949 containing an. account. of the Greek Government. counei. of ¢ Cow

ordination. (Translations of. these two documents: Was not made. because ‘the
“contents no ouger 3eem to be of any iuportance }." o ae on aa
: 2. His prior connection with the French in 1949 doubtless. led Dimitry to
; mke the jater af fer to Florimond to sell US information for 16,0 a 20, ceo :
‘rachnae. Florimond was cnief of the other French network ing Grecee :

| operating trom Salonica while de la Rancier conducted French operat:
out of athens. . _ .
36 The Baret or Barey brotiers - undoubtedly are Tsenko and van Sn
worke:

: in Paris aad Rome, respectively. They. are Bulgarians who ‘have/and may be
“still working with ‘tie British. —

Above memo given to Col Smith. The info was furnished by Me. | Drigcoll of 7 |

SO-3, prenen en feel e4 fos." the above were intercepted by a. a
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MEMORANDUM FORD sm BOVESTON ne

ATrERTIO Bs "Colonel Saith
SUBJECTS: _ os ° “Kelty Case

oo > In ‘accordance » with your request, the. ‘foUlering. information, ye —

‘which may be belpfel in connection with subject's rehabilitation, ie

at? the infornation we have concerning Keuty's 1 lite price

40 hia arrival in Gresee vas furnished by Kelly hineelf and ‘ip almost |

unsubstantiated. ‘This, in brief, is Xelly's story: He was |

born 7 May 192h in -Medkevets, Bulgaria. He studied philolesy in Pe
1942-43 at the University of Sofia. Ta 1942 he jolned a scavet tranch |.
- of the Bulgarian ational agrarian Union and worked elesely with Dr...
_. Georgi M. Dimitrev in anti-Fascist activities. (a claim which Dr... :
 Dimditrew has denied. After exerging briefly fron hiding in Septenber ae
_ .19bh, he again went underground, engaging in anti-Communist activitios:
-. 4n varions cities and towns in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Macedonia «=
a where he urged members of the Agrarian Party to take action against -
._ - the Communists.’ In October 1946 he was arrested by the police, _
_ : sentenced to death, but not executed as the Communists wished to use . arr en
hin ae @ itnees sgzinst the Agrarian Leader Hikola Petkor, (Gn 23 daly Co
| LNT he escaped to Grease. oe = ey

3. Farther Light ‘4s thrown on 1 Kelly's experiences 1 in a manu~ PO
a ‘sorips whieh he claimed to have written and delivered ta U. 5. eo
| "|. authorities in Grecce with the propose of finding a publisher for —
_ this, and other, material. It subsequently developed that Kelly was...
not the author of these papers bat rather had furnished information m a
‘te a Greek friend (John Calavanes) who was the real. author. | A rough
_ translation. of one of these documents: is enclosed... wn

he: Beesuse: of his undeniable organisational sbility, treuendous »

energy and glib, bat largely untrathful, salesmanship, Kelly was able | fs fo

to organize 4 group. of Delgurian demigraite ta Grecos’inte chat he

called the Bulgarian Democratis Hlos. His use by this agency was

called the Bilgarian Democrat Rice, His use by thie agwncy was
for recruiting infiltration agents within a shorter time and with =

fewer political strings attached than any other exigre groups. Further-

more, his erganization provided a convenient naze for uss as afront to...
cover operational activities, As a result of the limited recognition .
and support. given him and of his pyn sucesss in providing agents, .. n
Kelly developed a certain megalomania and consequently lost his initial
popularity through dictatorial conduct and completely unwarranted
behavior as the future head of the liberated Bulgarian state. .An - |.
Averican case officer who was intimately involved with the Kelly oper
ations at this | Period has furnished the. following statenent: = wh

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our staff in Athens that he had been contacted by a French Vice Consul.
.., in Salontea with a vlew to obtaining his, Kelly's services, for the .
.: Preach. “We informed Kelly that he could continue his contacts with the:
- . Vice Consul until it could be determined what the Franch had in mind.
- .: Upon our- ascertaining that Kelly's connection with the French wae counter *
“> t6.0. 3. interests, Kelly was instructed to break off all contacts, This ~
' he failed to do... in the meantine, a forser Kelly man, who had becca __ ed

| operations against Bulgaria for the gum of 16,000,000 dractmas. ALL

+, able to learn, corroborates the veracity of the account.
a ‘operati:
-Ttatted, it was ccnsidered extrenely undesirable to allow these facta:

-. to fall into French hands. Arrangements were therefore made with: Sree ae
- authorities for Kelly's arrest just prior to his scheduled meeting with .-

_ 4nformation he had gathered. There have been no later mineien

ee SECRET

ae ‘Sti ~ . a
. Debual cidy INFeaiADON

him or eliminate him from our operations. Sdoce, however, he was
necessary to us, we tried to use him, reatralning him and teaching

. him the while. - Kelly, unfortunately, did not learn =-he got. =.
worse. “He "borrewed! and:stdle money frea many sources. He led — a 7
to many people, ‘including us, and he developed an infantile maga—-

. lomania in which he persisted in considering | himself: the forthe. a
coming Hinister-President of Bulgaria." ee

- piacty fin our relations. vith Kelly we forees the need to carb’ © a a |.
7

j

"On the Kelly eredit ide, the statement: adder

hie suspected at the time that he was not the new “tedbe hope!
‘bat. we needed someone through whan we could obtain bodies. We _
obtained bodies through Kelly and actually have accomplished some o
. substantive work. . Tmus 4% must be renenbered thet Kelly performed:
a usefal service for us."

5. “Inn dckcun ich sade of Kelly an dmsedlate dizpoust protien:
-@long these lines: in early 1991 Kelly informed a member of

disillusioned with Kelly's misrepresentations, informed us that Kelly.
had agreed to give the Freneh. complete information on U.S. plans for.”

subsequent information on this transaction which our Athens station was vo

6. Although the extent of Kelly's knowledge of dons was

the French representative to whom he was to deliver the informations and -
from whom he waa to receive the money, In view of these facts, it was
immediately apparent that Kelly was of no further operations] use and °°
presented a definite security threat, for he was revealed as the type. = ==
who, in order to reap personal advantage or te curry favor with ‘ekeetiel: ws
supporters, was likely to reveal to.the highest bidder whatever operational mt

‘which have changed our position in the matter. ra

a E Information. concerning subsequent develomente in th banding oo
of thin disposal ease are already known to your division. 7

Doe, GAATIAN M. YATSEVITCH Be

- _ Deputy forPolicy: y Coordination, $& 8

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_to pay when a lease is made in Athens. Thys Kelly's advance. account was

heal th and Security reasons. a
. an attempt was made to collect the money. ity was . Alacovered that. b Kelly

2. necietenir 3 Maiscript - Epteode

(a) In February, . 1951,. when Kelly was head of. the Hemocratic Bloc,
three of his men -arrived-in Athens, coming directly from TRO camps. -
They needed. shelter, but had. no money. They were put-on salary, but it
was not enough ‘to cover the sixmonths advance rent which it is the custom

credited with auxammexks the amount of (4 om. -$850, which was to be used.
to pay the rental. advance. The three men were to pay it back in monthly... =
installments... oS

Two such installments were paid by the men when’ Kelly was "interned" a
by our ‘people.. The: men were. then able to complain that. Kekky had forced
them into. quarters dest described as. “very inadequate, Jnsecuresm and :
unhealthy,"

Comparing the quality of ‘the quartess with the amount advanced for
rent,it becomes | quite-certain that Kelly made some sort. of deal with the.
landlord . in order to make some money. chy

‘It should‘be kept in: ‘mind that Kelly forced three of his own ‘countrymen
to live in these quarters, from which they” were forthwith removed for | we as

(b) Just. prior: to his: ‘removal, it was discovered. that Kelty haa § a:
cash shortage’ of over: 3100 which was not accounted for in any veyWhen

had spent. At on himself.” ;

In. December, 1950, . Willard Allen, in accordance with. a . promise made -
to Kelly, ‘brought with hin. to this country three manuscripts, ostensibly °. .
written by Kelly. Allen was. ‘to see what he could do to have these manv- .. “

.sripts published here, Kelxy hoped to thus exploit and dramatize hie . °°” oe

' gation of the manuscrépts. .

‘his Frenchman or ay Frenchmen after a certain Thursday, We know definitely

escape from Bulgaria, He was given, by us, & + $300 advance on the Public: S . a

‘On December 14, 1951,.in a conversation vith Mr. Allen, “it was learned oe
by us that Helly had not written the manuscripts. at all. Allen learned. this | —
himself when the real suthor wrote to him demanding the return of his . .
works. The author said-that he had a statement from Kelly disclaiming all.
credit for the manuscripts. furthermore, the real author had seen nothing -
of the $300 giwen to Kelly, although they apparently had agreed to go a
50-50 on any profits realized from the publication of the Mmanuscripte.s oe:

.Ht is clear that Kelly lied to us, and used someone. else! 8 Literary:
talentsin the hope of ‘gaining notertety and money himself. « FE

3. Relations with the French ea as
‘In early 1951, Kelly informed our : people in Athens ° ‘that: ‘af rench ”
Vice Consul from Salonica had contacted him in the hope of getting Kelly =
to work wtthektexeen for his country. Kelly was allowed by us to continue. sof
seeing this man until it was determine@ijust what the French wanted in the ~:~
way of information. This point was reached, and Kelly was told not. to see

that Kelly saw saw his Frenchman on the following Friday, Saturdays and LP ae
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Goec '%er (a) From Chief of Station, Panama; ",..it was learned through | inter- oe

- Tuesday.

We do not ‘now what was. ‘said, but from a source whom we have | no reason _

to doubt, (an ex-friend of Kelly's who deserted Kelly and came to us to
‘warn us of Eex ‘the. situation with the French ) we learned that for a sum -

amounting to 16,000,000 drachmae,. Kelly had. egreed to give the French. the
nanes of all the” ‘American ataffinvolved in plans to infiltrate Bulgaria, —

- gg 13 information on Radio @urkahin Gorianin. Kelly was immediately —

picked up by ‘the ‘Greek. Alien | Pirectorate, acting upon orders from + Henry

; McLean. ce!

4. Reaction: of Others to. Kelly:
(a) The ‘Senior Representative of OPC. in Athena, Sept. 1951"
"Kelly was a ‘notoriously insecure,. disreputable, opportunisticiom

. ‘indimidual over whom control, other than physical, was. next to impossible :

to exercise.....He. hada positive genius for troubke-making intrigue,
rare even in this part:-of the world; his continued presence in Greece -
would have rendered impossible. any ollitg of the stormy Bulgarian refugee ._
watera here, Kelly was tied in even more closely than other Bulgarian
agents with the Embassy: “RETO, oo and could be counted on to use that fact, 7
muwkexiuwewewes a matter of common knowledge in the Bulgarian colony, to |
his own. advantage and | to, the disadvantage of the best interests of ¥ Ss.
“overunent policy." °. re

(b) Chief of Station,. OPC in Athens, Kay 1951 .

"Kelly, - ‘unfortunately, is of an essentially irresponsible ° Irish

. _Ratare,. Moreover, | ‘in-his stupidity, he conceives all otHers to. be equally . a

stupid.. Early in our relations with Kelly, ese we foresaw the need to curb —
Kelly or to. “eliminate. him from our operations. Since, however, he was.
still necessary. to us, we tried to use him, restraining him and teaching.
him the while. Kelly, unfortunately, did nof learn- he got worse. He | .

-"borrowed*. and stole money from many sources. he lied to many. people,

including us, and he developed an infantile megalomania in which he per- ..

' sisted in, considering h8mself the forthcoming Minister-President~of oe
‘Bulgaria. “hings took ‘a. ‘serious turn-when-Kelly!.s..committee,--men. he. ‘himself.

had chosen, cane tous behind his back complaining about , ms This became
more serious. when Kelly's closest friend,... desereed K ‘and came to.

. us apparently. in an honest desire to safeguard America and the struggle .
- against Commnisn from further involvement with a character as shady as

Kelly. s+ Since that time we have kxmmkmt examined more closely into the ~~
Kekly affair and have found more lies, more secret agreements, more stolen.
‘funds... We have enough proof of tintrustworthiness to have a complete case ;
against Kelly. ' We cannot continue with Kelly. He is finished.” ee

5. Kelly's Relation with his Wife

rogation that Kelly hag no particular concern or love for his wife."

7 ‘Nov tse (b) From a letter written by Kekly to his. wifes "61 think of 3 you me

daily and know in detail how you are getting along. I believe you under-_ :

- stand this both by the money and by all. that you are receiving, | when you us 7

want it. (It is I that arranged all that."
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( 3)

(ec) From. Memorandum for the ‘Recora, 27 Nov. 1951, ° ‘stened by wee
Wilson Prichett; "Kelly's wife is being supported at the rate of one.

million drachmas- a month through : Alien Directorate by GulgartasProject)” . ce _

(a) ‘From a’ letter vritten by Kelly to a friend in Greece, dated -
_27 December, 1951. ".... I succeeded in leaving Greece, and freeing my —

soul from the slavery of Flores.e | I want for the } Present: ‘Bhat: Flora will 7 oe

lose all. traces. of me," .

(e) ‘From: Kelly's fetter to his wife. me you . should be ‘happy, te
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” - se some sort 68 a statement regarding the "demise".of Lyle 0. Kelly might os
. «> be 4a order “for the record", I shall discuss two aspects of Kelly in .
- >this memorandum, apologizing in advance for the vagueness of the dis— .

a ; : far. from sesondsy § galendars and the. recollectionful. eLink of the. Tamailic _
Cite gold pound” er

a a -o “The zood of iota. oO. Kelly. | :

, mF useful service for ts.

. . Irish nature. Moreover, in his stupidity, he conceives all others to.
'. be equally stupid. Early in our relations with Kelly, before I left
' LeDrink in October, we foresaw the need to curb Kelly or to eliminate

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18 May 19S

OTE: oceurs : tt. ne, “dying happily: upon ny heyatitie t ‘ped a as ‘tr an, “that

cussion which is due, I shall maintain, to my present horizontal peeition :

In the summer of 1950 okStair was ‘in the ridiculous position ¢ of
being t umable ‘to ‘do anything because the alien support on which it de- ve
pended, allegedly forthcoming from the reverend Dr. Glantz, was not

'- forthcoming... Ina bit of a tizsy, anxious to get cracking, we picked | oo
up Lyle 0.. Kelly. ‘We suspected at the time thet he was not the mew . a SS an
‘“white hope", but we needed someone. through whom we could obtain bodies... -

“We obtained bodies ‘Ppronen Kelly and actually have accomplished some.  -

substantive work.- it must be remembered that. Kelly performed a _

2. The bad. of Lyle 0, Kelly, | ae
“Kelly, unfortunately, is of | an essentially irresponsible

him from our operations. Since, however, he was still necessary to us, 7

. we tried to use hin, restraining hin and teaching him the. while. 2

‘Kelly, unfortunately, did not learn — he got worse. Ho Mpore Stee

rowed" end stole money from many sources, He. lied ta many people, in-— ._

cluding us, and he developed an infantile megalomania in which he per-
sisted in considering himself the Forthcoming I Minister-President of

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; a Kelly's: relations with the FBFairies. Kelly had advised us that ~
' “a Fairy Vice Consul from. Salonica had contacted him with regard to work=..
' ing together. ‘We. told Kelly he might go ahead and. contime his relatiors

_ - We learned ‘what was. wanted andadvised Selly he was not repeat not to see
the Fairy’ agent, or. any other Fairies, after a certain Thursday. .We know -

has te and Tuesday.

- “peagon to doubt. the word of his Flake friend. which is Sesentially '¢ as...

| a “On this dnformation we had Kelly picked wy, and are now _ troubled vith
. the question of disposing of” Bim. ara

wens ana have found more lies, more secret agreenents,. more Ten

“untrustworthiness. to have a comphete case against Kelly. d. We cannot
continue. with Kelly. He is finished. =. :

oe re can een

o Tatuge t ‘took a serious turn when Kelly's committee, 3 ‘men. Lhe’ i

7 ‘himself had chosen, came.to us behind his back complaining about -hin.

'. This becamémore serious when his "closest® friend, a Flake, the man —
_ who had actually written the books for which Kelly took credit, de-
_ serted Kelly and: came to us-apparently in an honest desire to safe-° =.
_- gaard’ America and the struggle against. Commnisn from further involve= | bea
a ment with” a character as - shady as Kelly. - wo

a The. most serious matter, one which ‘could not be. Ignored, § in-

with this gentleman until we learned exactly what the gentleman wanted. _

definitely that Kelly ¢ did seo: this: # Fairy on the folowing Friday, Sature -

wit That ‘the : Fairies were “interested 1 primarily in the
names’ and numbers of all the players (us, that is) in:
plans’ for infiltration of Dreamland, in information on
°° Radio Gorianin, ete.; that Kelly had agreed to sell

this information to the Fairies for a sum of 16 "000,000 - Se,
 drachmae and -that he had an appointment to comple: the oe nan
_ bransaction | at li o'clock the following morning .

” Bince that: time we , have examined more ° closely ‘into the Ek
funds, more of that good, Irish whimsicality for which Kelly ts Siready:
so famous. (Note that even if the hearsay evidence regarding the sell 4
out to the Fairies is erroneous ~- although it is backed by several in- a
dependent. bits of substantial evidence - we still have enough proof of

‘(It is pertinent to note that Kelly's “somintstee and his party

an. general, feel no feeling of loss since his removal from active politics. - wy

Not a single person has asked about him except his wife - whome he con—.

"tinuously disowned - who wanted only to kmow how she might get in ‘toneh

with him to ask him for some money. ‘The committee and refugees in ”
LCFlake in general, are in much better spirits than they | have ever been _.

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- — iL repeat, however, ‘that at certain juncture in our efforts, oe
Kelly ‘represented the first and only alien body. we had and, however. m= LS ‘
wittingly and briefly, served his country well.. One hopes he will |
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9 May 1951

. MEMORANDUM FOR ‘THE RECORD |

; SUBJECT: * ‘Development. of the Rift with DIMITRI. AL DRaTROV |

ae --Blography: “(See 104 CAGHU, dated 4 October 1950) Born - 7 May me
+1924 a Medkovets, Bulgaria. Education—studied philology for one year —
'. at Sofia. University, 194243. In 1942 joined secret branch of the . wo Pe Pe os
- Bulgarian National Agrarian Union... Claims‘to have begun underground,, =. — od aes
.. anti-Faseist activities in 1943 in Macedonia and to have worked closely ae .
“ with Dr. .G..M..Dimitrov during this time. After emerging briefly from ~. ~
.. biding in September 1944, he again went underground engaging in anti- .
‘Commnist activities, touring various cities and towns, (including ©
‘sections of Yugoslav/Macedonia) and urging members of the Agrarian party _
to take positive action against the Commnists. In October, 1946, he.
'; Was arrested-by the police. He believes the reason he was not executed:
was that the: Comminists wished to use him as witness against Nikola.
: Petkov. On: 23, duly. 197 he eseaped to Greece. oe .

. “Initial operation: (see athe. 3200 (IN. 16672), 25 October 950) a
In ‘Osteber, 1950,: ‘the. OKSTAIR Field Chief learned of Dimitrov through . -
the local peripheral. reporting officer and contacted him covertly. - . -
: Dimitrov made six agents immediately available for infiltration cperations.

- Three: of these ‘six ‘were successfully infiltrated on 10 December, ed lle
leaflets signed: in the name of the Bulgarian Democratic Bloc, the emigre -
_ political group organized and headed by Dimitrov. Lo

we 3 ‘ gubsequent . activities: Dimitrov has supplied a an “additional 21

os agents for QKSTAIR infiltration operations, 15 of whom have just com.

'. ! pleted training in n Germany and are being Prepared for infiltration by -
_ nid-Hay-.

a “origins of (STAR break with . Dimdtrovs

a “In Athe 4821, IN 30224, Manfield reported on 22 March that...
he was ” considering breaking off association with Dimitrov because ..- :
he had become too unpopular and dictatorial and self-important..  -
There were also indications of serious misappropriation of funds. Ce
Manfield felt that Dimitrov's group could continue to be utilized a |

” under the leadership of Ivan Donev Ivanov. _. oe

b. Tn Athe 5150 (IN 36130) dated 20 April. i951, Manfield .
cabled that he had had the Greek Aliens Directorate pick up Dimitrov —
and put him under protective arrest for the reasons indicated above |
and because Dimitrov was about to sell out to the French. (This vee
was discovered through an OPC penetration of Dimitrov's organization. ) ..
He also requested instructions on how to dispose of Dimitrov for.
a period of three months, which he felt was sufficient time An
which to render him harmless to QKSTAIR operations.

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Cee “Wash. 38789 (OUT 97616) dated 21 April 1951 stated that

_ there were no facilities.in the United States. or Germany for han- .

dling” Dimitrov and pointed out that temporary disposal for three -

months. would be insufficient in view of Dimitrov's detailed. wo

knowledge of the names of present agents and his general famil- ne

darity with.QKSTAIR infiltration operations. It was suggested) = =. |
; - that. the. possibility of indefinite ‘confinement. M the. Greek In=.. rae
oe telligence Service should be explored. woe ee

a Fran 290° (IN 36297) dated 21. April - 1952. confirmed ‘that
oe there: were no: facilities in Germany for holding Diadtrev, and sug-
2 gested ‘that he: be assassinated. ok

. athe 5205 (aN 37092). dated. 25 sort 195, 1 requested further
investigation of disposal: facilities. ee

oe fee “athe: 5282 (aN 37839) indicated on 1 29 Apri 1951 that.
-. :, Dimitrov had been transferred from the Greek Aliens Directorate
ote Makronisis. where he. would: be held ty the Greek  Tnteltgence
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TWO PARK AVENUE, Oe Co NEW YORK 16, N.Y. . TELEPHONE: LExiagton 202 . ‘

+ °°" "| GABLE ADDRESS: NATFECOMM

Dear Mr. Dimitroff: 2.

» - I was most’ ‘pldasea to meet you and to learn of ae
——— - . your aspirations. to. bring... into being an Anti- Communist. ne
“moving picture for ‘use throughout the world.

3 -. “From what. you: ‘told me of the scope of. this project,
a I must concur with the opinion given by the head of the -_ --:
_. Motion Picture Section of the U.S. Information Agency. ee
F This is a matter for a major studio. Q

Accordingly, I “would suggest first that. you prepare a

_* @ one-page resume of your professional qualifications; ..

~ second that you prepare in English a brief resume of your —
proposed film; third that. you mail these for consideration

“-.°. to the. heads of major motion picture studios, suchas,

{+ ,Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Paremount and 20th Century FOXs °

Please accept all’ of our best wishes for your

sincerely yours; - “ .

Stetson 8. Holmes

“ ssuset

mee Damater Dimitroff, ~
9 Hillside Avenue, Pa re
foo _ Newark, ‘New Jersey.” Coo

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ve a UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
- WASHINGTON —

March 19, 1957

oe, Dear | Mee Dinitrofes

a ‘Your recent, letter to President Sisenhover, outlining a o
fn you Propose to make, has been referred to this Agency, =

a Officers of the Motion Picture Service have read your
proposal, and. feel that the film "Under the Communist Whip",
“as you. described it, would require the spectacular and dra@
“matic skills and talentsof one of the major studios which

“needed in a first-class theatrical feature, This film would. _

.. demand treatment and re-enactment beyond the scope of the = _

~ . documentary films we ° produce for use in. our overseas informatie. : ore
fiom programe ee ; Oe Slings

. We have. read with 4 interest the material, you matted,

and we ° wish you success in your project. as

- ‘Stooerely yours,

. Motion Picture Service|

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specify: ‘that he will remain at Syres awaiting amie unless:

in:1951,'dnd- the crine he was aupposed: $6" have. eoounitteds, he: ‘would: ‘yatse this
ould he‘ meet: any Americans ‘(presumably from this office) while ‘he’

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Soke _° SECURITY INFORMATION MS

CANCELLATION TO DIVISION .

ATTENTION: Hemovich. a

““/sta/se :

FROM a

suBy ECT. We. 0, Kelly.”

- ae - The. “action checked ‘below concerning Subject of this ‘memorandum is
hereby cancelled:: .: ” cae

as” ‘Gpeialou casera Nos |

7 he Provisional operational Clearance Wo. | -

ee Gover “Security Clearance, ated -

ae Covert Name Check ated.

: other

2. “This cancellation action is taken because of:

ae: Memorandum dated_ 28° Merb. 1953 -

- be. “Termination of Project’

° Ce “Removal of Subject: from Project

a “Other

; Se Before - Subject « can. be used operationsily in the future, ‘it “will: be
- necessary to furnish an up-to-date clearance. request to STC/ SPB. ;

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~ Of ‘Memiran « UNITED STATES | COVERNMENT ee

To | t cater, Foreign IntelLigence So _ | DATE: 2 say 1953

mom + paces a

SUBJECT: Iyle Oo KELLY.

le As a ‘result ‘of discussions between 1 WED, 5B, ‘CFI, end po/a, at was |
' decided to send an SE representative to DIROBALO to interview Lyle 0, KELLY -
for the purpose of determining whether he represented. sufficient: security hazard

to current SE operations: ¢ oat of Greece to warrant his being retained. in maximum
. detentions ne ‘:

we | Qe In accordance with. this agreement, Major Michael A. Hanovich, was “sent.
to DTROBALO where, he arrived at noon on 26 May 19530. ee

. 36 Major. Heaovich: discussed the case with the case. officers concerned
at DTROBALO, and then spent twelve hours talking to KELLY, As a result of.
- this, it has been ascertained to our satisfaction that KELLY does not appear. to
‘have information of sufficient currency regarding staff or agent persomel, or
“is gurrent operations, in Greece ‘to make his resettlement within the course. (of the.
meat twelve months. a serious. security risk, © oF ce

: he We ‘therefore ‘recomend that Lyle 0. KELLY be given whatever - training
“dn langnage: and trade WH Division feels is required, and that. efforts then. be
made to resettle him in.South America, Our only request is that this Division.
be kept informed of the progress of this rehabilitation and be advised of the
steps taken to resettle KELLY, In this connection. it should be pointed out, .
- ‘that KELLY has a wife and child in Greece, When queried by Major Hemovich .
’ about them, he professed no. interest in having the wife or child join him, |
’ stating that he would like to provide some_money-for the-support—of the cbiid.”
.+ Af and when he got a job. and. could put aside. sone money for this purpose. It
-: 4s therefore our intention to have KELLY write his wife a letter telling her’:
_ that he has no. further. interest. in her, that she should obtain a divorce, but. we
_". that he will provide her with a certain sum of money for the child, (This sun. -
tito a provided. by this ‘Division and wil probably | be in. the ) Retghbortiood of
1.000} o- ie LE

5. Major lieaovich'e repart is attached nerewith; | i _ - [ “s Soh

se/Soreafyanat .
Distribution:

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MEMORANDUM

“Dimmitrt Adamott { DDATROY -

Peel he Subject was born on 7 May 1924 in Modkavets,” ut

_ Bulgaria, ‘He studied philology fer one year at Sofla University.
_ . from 1942-1943,.. During the war he worked illegally in Greek
' Macedonia and Vardar, Macedonia to escape authorities. He
returned home after the wax; he was soon dicillusioned by th

' Comreunists, : and went to Sofia.” Later he made @ clandestiac-
-_ tour of Bulgarian towns and cities urging agrarians to take po
' . tive action againat communism. Finally captured in Sofia, |
_ stated that his life was spared because he wee groomed as &.
. witness: against. PETKOY. He escaped to Greece in 1947. He

uated Subject as having & very. great deal of the charisten abou

. him, and was. considered a "phony."'. However, notwithstanding
his superficiality and the exaggeration to which he wae prone, :
- | Subject had amintuitive grasp of the rudiments of political depert=
. ment.and showmanship and he was so devoted to his self-appointed
task of organising his “democratic bleck” that it was thought that :

ee 3. : In November, 1950; because of kis background and
. experiesce,. Subject was considered ag an individual whe could -
|. make significant psychological and political warfare’ ‘contributions
_ . to operations in Greece... Subject was thes very activa among ©”
. Bulgarian refugees in Greece. Eagly in October, 1950,. he visited
. the ‘Lavrion Camp. where he spoke to the Bulgarian refugees and. :
- outlined the tasks that he was to assume, which included intelli °*
gence activities in Bulgaria, organizing an underground. resistance |
"movement in Bulgaria, and organizing sabotage activity against...
Bulgaria. . Subject was not security conscioas; he revealed the |
location of his office and told his listeners that his office had two.
Bulgarian typewriters and that he had a car with United States


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- Heense plates: ‘tm Apeii, 198. ‘Subject wae in contact with the.
_comecticns with the French, and other Greek personalities. ln

- it was recommended urgently that Subject be removed (rom erm - -
, culation. :

. "dictatorial and eolf-important and If he wae net acteally insane, ‘he
appeared to be suffering from delusions of grandeur... Yor instance,

: . Boeanuse. of Subject’ # neurotic, unstable character, it was deemed .

|: Panama on 6 September 195i and was considered as & neuro-psychiatric.
~ ease. On 9. October 1951, he began a hunger strike at midnight and .:
», did not break the fast.until 9 a.m. on 4 October. 1951. He asked that
- his former secre*ary in the Partisan Movement, : who was located: *
| ‘somewhere in Bulgaria, be brought to Panama. The doctors’ con=-
cern, particularly the nauro-peychiatrist, Andicated that they olla

= Prior te bis return to Greece, Subject signed en agreement which:
:_ would have resulted in his confinement to Syros under complete
\ Seeks custody aad Serisdiction. {Attachment 4 ; :

| United Staton under the Refages Hallet Progreca. ; Because years: |
, had paseed aince he had been in operational coutact with Bulgariad |
oe ing the United States. °
o a continual sour of ambararcment. His megalomania is evident

in the various communications with government agencies... Fer
example, he recently commented in one letter that he would lke -

.. Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Rumania, and Bulgaria. He stated that he.

Frenck Vice-Consal and his wile, a French diplomat stationed. in ;
Athena, an elderly Greek who worked and otherwise had close |

April, 1951, besides hie wife he had several other bed partoers...
Because of the operational security violations which had arisen, = |

Observers in Athens cousidered Subject to be too

he made references to his future role 2s prime minister of Bulgaria.

advisable to transfer Subject to. Panama.. ‘Subject wae taken ta:

Og ta Febreary,. 1954, Subject wa returned to Greece.

“6. in October, 1955, ‘Subject sought admission to the

refugees, it was felt that * Subject should 1 not be | prevented troma —— ”
“Since entering the United sa gueas Subject has been.

to be appointed Richard Nixon's anti-communist adviser for Albania, | . : - 2
could liberate all these countries within five years if he were ‘allowed - ae

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te work actively x with financial. support. . His first ‘objective would
be to liberate Bulgaria, his homeland, make it a. free * democracy.
and the Slats atate of the United States...

° a : 3. ‘More detaile ou Subject’ e thinkiog. attitude,: ec wegen F.
tomasia, and background can be found. in the following a attachments: . Po

- Certificate of Understanding. . ia
}..: Interview with Dimiter DIMITROFY,,. “28 Jans 1960.

-G.: Informal Memoerandam from EE/BR, 1 July 1960
}.. OO Contact Report, 12 October 1961. 8

Memorandum for the Record, 17 November 1961.

SEGAL) :


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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office Memorandim - UNITED, STATES GOVERNMENT

TO”

FROM ;

SUBJECT:

- TANT To THE DCI, THIS DATE AND STATED THAT SUBJECT HAD BEEN IN

‘MENT OF HIM AND HAS, 1N GENERAL, EXHIBITED AN ERRATIC BEHAVIOR
' PATTERN, CHARACTERIZING HIM AS UNRELIABLE AND UNTRUSTWORTHY.

° ; i
Fire DATE: 20 Nov 196)

AcTING CHIEF, RESEARCH AND ANALYS!S BRANCH

DEMITER ADAMOFF DIMI TROFF
#46165

THE ACTING Director OF SECURITY. ASKED THAT THIS FILE BE nocu=
MENTED TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING:

| FREO BLUMENTHAL OF PARADE MAGAZINE CALLED Mr. GROGAN, Assis~

CONTACT WITH HIM WITH AN ANTI-CIA Story. DIMITROFF was toEenTi-

FIED BY FULL NAME AND BIRTH DATA. HE CLAIMED THAT HIS CODE NAME

wAS "DiKO", THAT HE WAS A MOVIE DIRECTOR AND SCRIPT WRITER AND

THAT HE HAD BEEN CONNECTEO WITH THE UNDERGROUND IN EUROPE. HE

CLAIMED, ACCORDING To BLUMENTHAL, THAT CIA TOOK HIM To PANAMA,

HAND CUFFED HIM AND HELD HIM IN CAPTIVITY. ; an.

MR. BANNERMAN reviewed DIMITROFF's FILE AND apviSeo MR. a
GROGAN OF THE BACKGROUND IN THIS CASE. MR. GROGAN waS AoviSEO
THAT DIMITROFF 1S NOT NOW CONNECTED wiTH CIA; THAT HE HAS HAD
PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS, TRIED TO GET MONEY FROM FORMER VICE PRESI~
DENT NIXON To FINISH A BOOK, MADE WILG CLAIMS ABOUT CIAS TREAT=

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never give vp the fight, ‘ie seid Se Sse

_ Te ‘pe these’ ends cata be: srete'es 1ettar an 25 dumm 196% 90 Pooskdenk
-memuedy-(eony attached). When be dtd not receive = reply, be called:
a ' and was referred bys secretary to the State Bepartmuent. and
 $hen to CfAs. ‘Dimitroff needs funds and supports. fram CIA aud commented
7 thet if the Agency does not decide to suppart him ie bis anti-commmist -
_) Nork, he wilh try te: mcower the nenes of the US eitizens resyoosible for

“ pelatedly,, he ‘mentioned that he- hed-writtes ane ofthe greatest
notice "picture seripts ever. It is fietional but based on complete truths
and is very strongly emti-commmist.. Unfortunately, he cammot fing finenotal ~

a edopted. The: ) title of the less is “One = Desk Bight” wll nck, uel baat goon

other doors than those of CIA. . He is using a letter drop end answering .
. pervice - n22 Washington Building, DOS, 3 3-Sh7h, in the peeadongm of
 Dimitrion... _In fhe future he can always be reached through enother name - ..
. Diao Petroff - ‘% GF Richmond Street Went, Suite 30%, Lp.
Canads. -

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MEMORANDUM a

a SUBJECT: ; Dimitar Adamov DDaTRov aka "pie DIMITROV.

a ke A ‘review. of Agency files reveals the + following data concerning Sub:
- and his association with CIA.. Bootes

a ‘Subject was first contacted in ‘October 1950 by: the Field Chief OP
activities in Athens,” Greece... “The purpose of this contact was to assess
'. Subject.as: a principal agent and focal point in the recruitment of Bulgarians
_. to participate:in OPC. operations directed against Buigaria. | For-thia purpos
“an. organization. called the Democratic Bloe was established, and Subject was
° placed « aa its ostensible: organizer and chief.

ar ie “During the period October 1950 through March 1951, Subject remai
oo te the employ of OPC in Athens and provided 21 agents. for. infiltration into:
oe Bulgaria bat. the: never participated in’ the © crose-border operations

i began to manifest themselves and it was decided that Subject should be
‘removed from. hia position. In April 1951 it came to OPC's attention that
- Subject intended to sell his knowledge of CIA's activities to the French.

a Intelligence Service. :. ‘This fact was used as the primary reason for his
a removal from. active participation in Bulgarian operations a .

TM “5. “Because. of operational security considerations steraming from hia
.... .: duplicity and personal make-up, it wae deemed inadvisable to leave Subject
“at large in Greece and it was decided that. he should be transferred toa CIA.
‘holding facility at Fort Clayton, Panama. ‘He was airlifted from Athens to.
. | Frankfurt where he.was hospitalized four days for observation, and then.
- flown black to Fort Clayton, arriving on 4 & September. U9st. He remained
‘there until January 1954. ~ wo es

6. A CIA case ‘officer was dispatched £ from headqaartere in May I 195 :
to Fort Clayton where he interrogated Subject. . was determined at that --
_ time that whatever operational knowledge Subject k had of CCTAY | ite methods,

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7, With termination of the holding facility at Fort Clayton, Subject -
was temporarily removed to Greece since there were no other immediate -
possibilities. to resettle. him. (The attached understanding with Sabiect
was effected o/a 12. January {954 at the time of his. removal from Fort
Clayton.) ClA made.a commitment to the Greek authorities that CIA
would. mot abaacion Subject in Greece ond would take stepa to remove hisa -
- from Greek: soil within one year. Efforts were made to effect Subject's .- >
migration to. Canada, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere, but.to no |.

_ > avail, After due consideration by interested headquarters elements and

"” the Athens Station, it waa decided that the best effective sclution for ~
. Subjects disposal: would be to let him immigrate te the United States on :
der the Refugee. Relist Act program, but without any aceistance :

“a. ‘Since. arrival in: as United states, Sabjoet has come ts our attention
is gn the following occasion: tee ;

Ce Onté May: 1987; ‘the Department of State | informed CRA that
og Subject had contacted: their office ond tried to interest them in”
. purchasing a feature length film acript, At that time Subject told
. » + the Department of State that he was living in Newark, New Jersey,
oc with bia wife and seven-year-old daughter and was in Washington ~
“om & visit. . The State. Department had no interest in the film seript
7 and asked. if: members of this Agency would like to meet Subject and
ae discuss the. script, This offer was turned down, The case officer”
“involved waderstood that State Department “then discontinued’ all:
vo contact with Subject, There ie no further information available.

a 9. “Although he was ‘eonsidered to be of operational value. at ‘the time o he.
ae was originally picked up by elements of CIA, Subject's aubsoquent actions,. ©.
. lack of integrity and poor. security indicated that he waa unworthy of any
_-fusther operational consideration, He has a tendency to exaggerate to the

-- point of lying and become involved in deals of which he waa the financial -
* benefactor, .Throughout all his deals,. however, there is the thread of alleged -
national pride and desire te project himself in the fight against Communism..
There have been reported rumors of his having been a Bulgarian IS agent — . :
even during the time when he was employad by CIA, Ne concrete evidence, |.
_ however, was actually uncovered to substantiate these allegations, which
. are believed to be typical of denunciations: made. by rival H polinical factions oe

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10.) As the result of the review of Sebjact's case,. it is , recommended
that nothing further be done for him since he does not possess any damaging.
. information concerning current operations and his memory of past operations
‘and personalities is between nine and ten years old... (in view af the circum< |
” stances of.termination,.{t should be pointed out to Subject that in pressing.
the United States.Government for further assistance he is liable for prosecu-
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oo — ‘entonegey. was Seated Uy « ts Brine sei) on thing (ois) for whisk oLl. *

- aa * ack wae replaced ty fir. Allen, of Yerma extgin, oastan
gpeahind, Wooeen etvonted, anh e Gammiste AE thety fines meting
‘Allen tal Timttrerf to take tt easy, ‘thet there was plenty of time to.
fight the Communists. Thereafter it wee apparent that Ewing vas .

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an 7 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 7 a
— | - WASHINGTON | oo
+ May 27, 1958

Mr. Dim, Ad. Dimitroff
1424S. Kenmore Avenue
Los Angeles 6, ‘California

~ Dear Mr. Dimitrott:

. ae On behalf of the Vice President I wish to ac-
oe knowledge: your letter of May 20 concerning your plans
‘to fight Communism.

Bn You may be. sure that the Vice President e sym- - re
- pathizes with your desire and your firmness of purpose; -
_ however, I must tell you that the State Department and =
| ‘the United States Information Agency are the operative
: agencies. in this field: I can only suggest, therefore,
that as you | continue te develop your ideas you keep in oe
- touch with them ‘BO that they can a give | your Projects:

oo. Dikmew that the Vice President would want me ~
to extend, to: ‘you, his good wishes and his appreciation ae
for your generous: sornments concerning h his South Amer- ae

- Sincerely, :

_ R, E, Cushman, Jr.
. Executive Assistant -—

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a "UNITED § STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
a : WASHINGTON me,

May 12, 1958

— Doar 1 Hes Danitreffs

eS r appreciated your - thoughtful letter of May 5 relative fo
- -,, to the cultural agreement between the USSR and the United =~
an States signed January 275 1958.6 ; wis

oe, hs you know from talking with me, I am fully cognizant

. 'O£ the preblems that exist relative to the Soviet Union vee

: and their relations with the Free World. It is, however,

_because of the serious problems that we believe it is so |

_very necessary to reach the people of the Soviet Union by
the means of motion pictures, radio, television and other a

‘methods of cormunication in order that they may havea re

:. better understanding of the freedom and way of life which we:

_ have the reat honor and i privilege to enjoy. 7 :

ve r ‘assure ‘Jou 1 that. ‘everyone. connected with natters relative 7
“to the purchase and sale of American and Soviet motion pictures _
- 4s completely aware of the problems relative to these. matters, mT
as well. as to the’ opportunities which are presented. ;

oe “ Let me thank you most sincerely for your interest and.
assure you that. we will not fail to exercise caution and
deliberation. in connection with the implementation of ‘this,

Notion Picture Service. ~

: 4 Mr. Dim. Ads Dimitrofe
“ 1h24 8. Kenmore Averme.
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you feel.

. General Dico Dimitrov, Bulgarian Free-
dom Fighter spoke briefly to the assem-
bly as he urged everyone to do all in

-.. theie power to overcome the evil of

Communism, Write your elected offic
ials in Washington telling them how


County Tax Collector Howard
¢/Byram warned property owners!
that they must pay current tax|
tills by 5 p.m. today or be sub-
ject to penalties, ,

After the deadline, delinquent
taxpayers wil} be charged. a set
fee of $2.50 plus six. per cent of
the total duel.

Byram said about 76 per cent
#ing the total tax charge of $63,-
j 0,000 thas heen collected 80
fart

Property - owners may pas
‘ihitls in person ar the tax col-
*{lector’s office, S10 S, Hill St.
Remittances by: mail will alsa
{lhe acceptable provided they are
; Ipastmatked by 5 pm. :

“oe “Al However, Byram ads ised citi-
zens to mail their Payments at
least hy noon to make sure they
elear ‘ar postoffices,
4\Dinner-Dance Slated

‘The Men's Club of the Sun-
f zcugjair Foundation will hold a dine
: CitizenNews pho [PEM dance April © 17 at the
_ DAKO, REFUGEE BULGARIAN ANTI. COMMUNIST ST [Rottywood. Kodge We North
a eee claimg Reds stilt peri him...

GUARDS AGHINST REDS ee Tet o e 7
BR elugee. ‘Lives i in 7
- Fear of Torm eniors

ans ? .

7 ‘By DAN SWINTON _ average person's life,” he says. ay the ‘Bulgarian. Deitncfatic
‘A -Square-jawed Buigarian{ This story is wrapped up in{Bloc, which survived from 1944
refugee’ said today he is living]4 book Diko hag written. It is/to 1953.
of a life of fear and flight even in|based on the ‘facts ‘of his.run-| After Diko escaped from his
on .Los Angeles because of com ming. fight in Bulgaria with the|1946 imprisonment, he contin-
. ~munist tyranny. < -his_ imprisonment andiued the battle from Greece,
chee oe Dike, a panedonym’ that once feath sentence In 1946 after a Four -attempts were made on

n

. tricity at the hands of thelout the fight tals in pamphievs
hat to said hat eve maces he reas: his forced: starvation for|tike ;"Farmers "and ” Commu:
:ful hand of his Old World tor-|} 8 days; his forced thirst forj:nism.’

“mentors, , V2 days; the slaughter of his! In 1953, Uncle Sam offered
“. “They do not’ give tip. Even Parents’ because they hore a@ re- him refuge in. Virginia, Ninelud-
in America the peril is great. 1/58tance leader, * ‘+ fing a house, a car and an in-
‘am alw: ays ‘fn danger," he said.. ‘He ‘said Bulgarian Fesistance|come, he said. But he insisted:
. Dikq is’ Dimiter. Adamoff|Was grass roots resistance.

Dimitroce, five-foot five, : 140 “This - was different from, the|pcoplie in Greece to suide the
pounds. He spelis his name with revol{s in Hungary and Po-jattack on tyranny. .

- the double “{" because the Rus-|land,” said Diko. Fourteen’ months ago Diko
“ Bians like to spell it with a “v."[. “In Hungary and. Poland thejdecided he must tell his story
He said he made one: TV. ap-luprising originated among the|ts o the West. He came to the
pearance in Hollywood, Which|Communists themselves, Those, & 4 political refugee.
was followed by a’ threat: ofjamong the populace who hated{.. ~~ oe utf
physical violence, - Presumably the Reds joined later.. But at} me — 77

- Red-inspired. - {first it’ was an attempt to set... 8? iL IN WIDING
| SPARKED UNDERGROUND - up a Tita form of Nationalist : . ;

.. The pocket-sized, hazel-eyed' Cormmurism,” Diko explained, . : , :
V poet and writer-once sparked| ESCAPED TO GREECE here. 1 have been wring m
- the Bulgartan underground! "pis. first anti-Red unit in Bul-/Story. Besides, 1 have to be
: His riame ‘flamed. from. resist- garia’.was ithe Danube Val-|careful about disclosing my
.ance pamphlets to feach -Rédijey Organization for Resistance.|Whereabouls.” said Diko,
-.puppets that the pen fan berthis folded ‘for lack of outside| Yankee dedication to hones-
mightier than the sword, help. “it Was, promptly replaced ty and veracity may lose the
His mission today is to thoes enld “ war with _ Communism,
‘the . free world how thin Dike Warned. -

now and what.can happen here J
if the Reds take aver. If they} — to learn to lie the way the
like the pictare, Jet them go oe JOSEPH M. GASKI- Reds: lie, You can't pick % up: el

a Bleadand aceent in”. E Rasary. was recited today for dosepnisnake with) your hands,” jhe
Fe abt DLO. beet ated,» Miseta 7 .

rougher. They have

ba Un ay when he Wit init C yale wt WW Ih 7 the soviet
se ft iet the village of his'yap Ay. Gas ial Ava. and ated aaa! “culture infiltration. “This ix the

. He Bab GUN the police forve since 1934 hj
‘ father ta meet a challeng: e: the, id retired on ‘a disability pens son ints St a propaganda, Let
Nazi iy tnd. : tase. He leaves hin’ widow’ Brigitta; |! em show the prisons and the

Whee the Reds took over in. “Belt piyenters Mary Aone and Mrs. torture amps, instead of the

= ballet’ and the motion pic-
: Bulgariy Dike stayed tinder) sans IMA. aie at! RUAY {nies anid Dikon Pi
. . . . Tra, Qe 1
8 meet is a Rutlcarinn’s rope ae “ndhieticn ba “wehtttal” He hopes the message will

tion pts wrestled to escape the|Cathalic ‘Church. Be died Saturday urgings may not sail any ships.
‘bonds of succeeding masters. -iteaven ieadauanter, Ben A ae cel “I'm not Bs. aie as I
“Thase who choose to fight can'Mark and a grande. a armen was,” says Diko ut I'm sti
fiya many trails blazed, Soi" be in Calvary Cemetery, the the same fellow.”

. + sptaks Diko. a

* COMMU NISMS MEANING F U N. E R A L 5. ‘Miss Van Nuys’

o"Vin an anti-conimunist.
frei obliged to tell this Sense : * .
~ the story I. tived. T feel it would ‘OLDE: N--Marta Uolden. oo ‘(08 to Penitentiary

t Belaved: wife of Henry A.: . :
be va crime not to . tell wha ‘Holden,’ sister of Richard D. Mrs. Anita Baxter Ester.

wold, 20, attractive: former
“Afiss Van Nuys,” began a five.

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ignited’. -resistance.. to... Red|Petrayal; his torture by elec-lhis life but he. kept pounding}:

comme].

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were. before and how they” are ~ OBITUARIES . tonpmmericans have to hel -:

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a . J TaAnTONAL ‘LEAGUE OF AURT CAN PEO. - De
are LOS AIGELSS BRANCH Se
: ’ Charter Bool

ee Dear Penwonen, 7 cae _

"A HAPPY iW uaRt Gur new year of > 1988 begins with our next “Meeting - we
| Muesday, January 14th,~ leb'a all be there. ~Our-Progran starts at 22200-————
. Noon, at the. Hotel Knickerbocker, 174 Tver Street, Roliywood, | Galifornias - ; 1

“k General Torkcahop will ve conducted at 11:00 Ae

: "vos Balding wilt dead 2s in the ‘Salute To The Flags. . eet tes

. Dr. Bana i ite Philips, Yee President, will give the Invocation, |

‘ “ize Demitroff, autho ournalist, writer and poet, is our Guest Speaker.
“We look forvard with pleasure and anticipation to hearing him speak on 5
__ "The Role of the Bulgeria Writers Before and After the Communi st Regime, un.
oe hire A re Burha, Educational anager of the iestern Division ‘of the Readers! ot
-' Digest, will be presented with: great pride. His subject, "Building A Better ~~
cok Yorld Through Better: Reading". ‘should strike. to all our hearts as writers. vs

. Dre tucia Liverette, ‘President,. with her husband, Dre Jack Liverette, . .
“I, Pastor of the Community Church of Iog Angeles, will present a iusical
Program of Accordion and Saxaphone Numberse .

“> Dean Callerias of Ste ‘Sophia Greek orthodox church te our > Honor Guest _

a ‘BOARD LEOTING wall follow the Program i

- - : _ We. wish to thant our ‘president. gain for the most cdoyanie # tine | as 5 guste,
a a i in her home on December: 29th Hohe - :

- ‘PLEASE remember to “pay 1958 D Dues. and a bet our Treasurer to start ‘her work
; in our behalf.” . ce, . wo Lage

_ DR. HONA Me PELLLIPS,
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